A voluptuous mermaid statue in southern Italy is making people do a double take as city officials have finished the piece’s installation near a children's play area. The statue, which was sculpted by ...

What started out as a pun has become a worldwide art challenge beloved by countless illustrators. This is MerMay, the monthlong art challenge in which artists are invited to create a work depicting a ...

Mermaids have somehow managed to become the ultimate fantasy contradiction: gorgeous enough to inspire poetry, terrifying enough to make sailors question every life choice they ever made. One minute ...

Reclining goat by Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (late 1800s), ivory with eyes inlaid in coral and dark horn pupils, Osaka, Japan (courtesy British Museum, gift of Professor John and Mr.s Anne Hull Grundy, all ...