Count Eugen Wilhelm Theodor von Keyserling discovered the wrap-around spider, including it in his oeuvre considered to be "one of the finest iconographies of arachnids ever published."

The chicken bus experience ticks a lot of boxes if you want a frisson of excitement on your Guatemalan adventure

If your hair turned white or gray almost overnight, you may have Marie Antoinette Syndrome

Ulrich von Liechtenstein was made famous by Heath Ledger in the film A Knight's Tale. Did you know he was a real person? His real life exploits were arguably more outrageous than those portrayed by Hollywood.

New research study finds garter snakes are surprisingly social, forming strong friendships with their peers

In Indian mythology, the god Indra rescues the world by killing an evil serpent with a thunderbolt. In Norse mythology, Thor famously slays the serpent Jörmungandr with thunder. This similarity is one tantalizing clue to the fact that the mythologies and languages of Europe and India share a common source—a lost culture about which we know little, but owe much.

Formerly known as Dr. Brown’s Celery Tonic, Cel Ray soda was marketed as a healthy beverage to calm the nerves. These days you can find it in New York delis.

At 101, Whang-Od is the world's oldest and last living practitioner of Kalinga, a Filipino tribal tattoo practice

Byron Preiss’s novel The Secret set in motion a 30-year treasure hunt for 12 treasures scattered across Canada and the U.S.—only three of which have been found

Two-billion-dollar monstrosity houses family of five in Mumbai, where 41.3% of the population live in slums

World's tallest structure collapsed in 1991 after years of neglect

The Condylura cristata can locate, assess, and consume its food in 230 milliseconds—1/6th faster than it takes for you to stop at a red light