India's diverse snake population faces threats from myths and misconceptions despite their ecological importance. Common ...

A lifelong fascination with nature and fieldwork led this researcher to the world of ethnobiology a field where ecology, ...

Even though humans have been looking at the night sky for millenia, not everyone sees the same sky. Not even the ...

The Hydra is another famous dragon from Greek mythology ... such as the story of Osiris and his battle against Set (eventually equated with the giant serpent Apophis), or the myth of Baal Hadad and ...

Athena placed the head on her shield, and it became one of her godly identifying symbols. In Ancient Greek mythology, the hydra’s snake heads continually regenerated after being chopped off. ©Hoika ...

Typhon was one of the most fearsome monsters in Greek mythology, often described as the deadliest creature ... He is the father of many famous beasts, including Cerberus, the Hydra, the Chimera, and ...

For instance in Greek and Roman mythology, the monster Medusa has hair comprising snakes, and anyone who merely looks at her face turns into stone. The hero Hercules is also sent to kill the Hydra, an ...

The nine-headed Hydra and the serpent-haired Medusa of Greek mythology inspired fear. On the other hand, deity of medicine Asclepius used the blood of Medusa for resuscitation and was the origin ...

In Greek mythology, the Hydra of Lerna was a ruthless aquatic monster ... was a Greek mythological creature in the form of a dog who had three heads and a snake for a tail. He was the dog of the god ...

Many different cultures have had snakes in their religion and mythology, some as benevolent ... Hercules had to kill the Lernean Hydra, a creature with nine snakelike heads, which grew a new ...

Vector set illustrations of ancient fantasy Greek monsters and creatures of Greek mythology. Constellation Hydra, Water Snake night star sky Constellation Hydra, Water Snake night star sky, flyer ...

Greek mythology tells that one day Apollo ... Apollo tossed them all into the same region of the sky where Hydra, the water snake, was guarding the cup of water from the perpetually thirsty ...