GRAND RAPIDS, MI — While lions, tigers and bears follow nightly routines inside at John Ball Zoo, dragons and witnesses to their spectacle become aglow. The Grand Rapids Lantern Festival, the first of ...

The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal-headed ...

Ents and Orcs and Shelob, oh my! Rings play an important role in the upcoming second season of Amazon Prime's "The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power" (premiering Aug. 29) ― they're right in the title, ...

Trees with human faces; humanoid forest creatures; dancing cats; humans with fur and tails. This list may sound fantastical, but for artist María Korol, this cast of characters regularly appears in ...