The Chinese dragon has been around in mythology and folklore for about as long as there's been a Chinese civilization—which is centuries. Many cultures have tales about dragons. The word itself comes ...

It’s the Year of the Dragon, and people can expect a lot of good fortune — but only if they’re harnessing the animal’s most important quality: compassion. Lunar New Year — which includes Chinese New ...

A girl moves around a Chinese restaurant, talking to her working mother in Under the Wave off Little Dragon, a short film from Luo Jian, which is featured at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film ...

Carved wooden dragon at Narita-san Shinshō-ji in Japan. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. “Winged or wingless, why do so many ...

In the recent days there’s been several watches announced that are dedicated to celebrating the Chinese Year of the Dragon. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, Ulysse Nardin has intertwined high ...

"Here be dragons" was a poetic turn of phrase used by cartographers in the past to indicate terra incognita. But it was unwittingly accurate on one 16th-century map of what is now Indonesia. Though ...