Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...

Scientists studying Amazon river dolphins in Brazil have observed males spraying urine into the air, a ritual for communication.

The Promise of the Kumbh Mela According to a tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

Snakes weren’t always “little dragons.” In early Chinese cultures, they were powerful symbols of vitality and strength in their own right.

After a collision of a passenger jet and an Army helicopter Wednesday night, a few flights from Des Moines to Washington, D.C ...

(AP) – On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals ...

When is the first day of spring? So long, winter! The first day of spring is almost upon us, and we’re counting down the days ...

The red sand boa is a non-venomous snake that thrives in dry scrublands and grasslands that offer loose sand the snake can burrow into and hide as it awaits its prey. Being one of the most illegally ...

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of ...

Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac ... who visits the temple ...