It’s part of a pre-Christian belief system and much of the mythology is centered around wildlife. Animals play a wide variety of roles in this belief system such as representations of certain ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

Thousands of years later, each lunar year is still said to possess certain characteristics of its animal namesake, and those ...

No more. It's time to put an end to these myths, misconceptions, and inaccuracies about animals passed down through the ages. To help the cause we've rounded up and corrected dozens of the more ...

Editor's note: The Chinese zodiac, or "shengxiao," consists of 12 animal signs that mark the years. Each animal represents ...

The Lunar New Year begins every 12 years on Jan. 29, kicking off more than two weeks of parties, customs and copious feasts.

The snake, revered or feared across global cultures, slithers to pole position in the Chinese zodiac in 2025. Famous snake babies include Taylor Swift and J.K. Rowling.

Although the rabbit was smaller than the other animals, it was clever and skilled at jumping, ultimately racing to secure fourth place. Folktales portray the rabbit as a symbol of gentleness, kindness ...