"The Hare and the Tortoise" Source: Arthur Rackham/Wikimedia Commons, pubic domain. I recently read Dr. Jo Wimpenny's book Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables and simply couldn't put it ...

This Aesop fable relates how a leopard was watching three bulls, wanting to seize them for his food. His chances would be better when the bulls separated, but they enjoyed being together so much that ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Several chapters into Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables, zoologist and ...

NEW YORK — Aesop’s fables are known for teaching moral lessons. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened. It’s the fable about a thirsty crow. The bird comes across a ...

When: Wednesday, Nov. 18 through Friday, Nov. 20, 6 p.m. How much: $8/adults; $5 students and faculty; tickets available at the door The 14 students in Aspen High School’s fall play class are bringing ...

According to “The Life of Aesop,” a text compiled in ancient Greece from a variety of legends, the man whose name is synonymous with the fable was born a slave in Phrygia (in modern-day Turkey) in the ...