One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

It's okay to give fairies certain gifts, but you'd better not accept one from them.

Elizabethtown’s Second Annual Fairy and Magickal Creatures Festival drew several hundred fairies, trolls and a cornucopia of concocted creatures, as well as normal — compared to the paranormal — ...

In western India, a shallow roadside basalt rock pond serves all sorts of passersby. Cattle use it for drinking and bathing; aquatic beetles, plants and tadpoles live below the surface; and it is a ...

The remains of a rare species of wasp was discovered inside a chunk of amber in Japan, researchers said. Photo from Hiroaki Aiba Echoing the plot of “Jurassic Park,” researchers recently discovered a ...

Some legends whisper instead of roar. They slip through forests, curl around corners, and appear only when they want to be seen. The Cat Siths belong to that kind of legend. In Scotland, their story ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — Good fairies, ogres, and a wide assortment of organisms not of this planet made their way through the gates of the 4th Annual Fairy & Magickal Creatures Festival on Saturday. Many of ...

Shrek has a multitude of characters, and the biggest group of them being the fairy tale creatures. The list is as follows: Pinocchio, Gingy/Sugarplum Fairy, Big Bad Wolf, Ugly Duckling, Humpty Dumpty, ...