Once upon a time, nursery school was where children learned to sing rhymes, draw the sun with yellow crayons, and stumble through the alphabet ...

Why do so many nursery rhymes give off creepy vibes? This video dives into their chilling origins, folklore connections, and the dark cultural references hidden in their cheerful melodies. Perfect for ...

When it comes to classic nursery rhymes, “Little Miss Muffet” is right up there with “Humpty Dumpty” and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” Here are answers to all your burning questions about the history of ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia State University (VSU) professor’s new book, “Nursery Rhymes in Black,” has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. The University of Alaska Press nominated ...

The Australian-led team of researchers compared the complexity of the songs composed by the big blubbery mammals to those of other animals -- as well as human musicians like the Beatles and Mozart.

Leopard seals may be one of Antarctica’s most fearsome predators, but these vocalizers sing with the structured charm of a child’s nursery rhyme. In a surprising new study, researchers found that the ...

Male leopard seals compose and sing their own songs to woo potential mating partners, scientists in Australia have found. The songs are structured much like nursery rhymes, making them easy to ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition? Think again.