In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

A heady mix of historic sites, boutique architectural gems, and contemporary exhibits add extra depth to the “sun, sea and ...

The story of the twelve labors tells the tale of Heracles’s journey from a sinful pariah to the ancient world’s most revered ...

Easily recognizable as the elephantdeity riding a mouse Ganesha is arguably he most popular Hindu God and one of the commonest mnemonics for anything associated with Hinduism The son of Shiva and Parv ...

Jeju Haenyeo — which translates to "women of the sea" — begin diving for seafood ... Fluid leaked from scuba diver's blood vessels after 100-foot cave dive in rare medical case —Waterproof ...

"My house was 50 metres from the beach. At the time, my father didn't have money so we lived in a cave - underground. "Every winter the sea came strong, without barriers, for three months ...

Locals from La Jolla, the well-to-do San Diego neighborhood north of the city’s downtown, know Sunny Jim’s Sea Cave. After all, the long staircase has been in use since around 1902 ...

The discovery of yet another shark species continues the archaeological breakthroughs at Mammoth Cave National Park ... worms and small brachiopods found along the sea floor, according to a Park ...

who rested at the cave of the sea nymph Thetis. It was not just an object for contemplation, but played a practical role in the complex hydraulic system that supplied the gardens with water from a ...

This week, I explain why generations A and Z are eating rotten meat, making fun of cave explorers ... They usually stay hundreds of meters below sea level, but this one, for reasons unknown ...

The Woodville Karst cave crayfish is found only in one area of Florida ... Some rivers, like the Colorado River, no longer even reach the sea. The animals that persist in these reduced habitats are ...

For example, “The Squabble of the Sea Nymphs,” a poem about the Boston Tea Party, was published in The Boston Gazette. Her series of plays extolling the American patriots and debasing the ...