When it comes to a great optical illusion we always take the bait, because we can’t help but be lured in by a talented artist with a cool hook. That’s why we like to cast a wide net over the Internet: ...

Jamie Welch’s aunt read “Rainbow Fish” to her when she was a child. Now, Welch is passing the story along to her own children ...

It’s one thing for kids’ artwork to hang on the walls of a museum. But it’s a completely different experience for their doodles to swim away — and to a museum on the other side of the globe. But ...

As a scientific illustrator, Paul Vecsei is not alone. Documenting the characteristics of flora and fauna is a centuries-old tradition (think Charles Darwin or even Leonardo da Vinci). But in the ...

Today I had fun looking at this 1888 drawing by Odilon Redon titled, "Then a strange creature appeared with a head of man and a body of a fish." The intricate detail, scratchy texture, and creepiness ...

I’m a believer in connecting the dots, even if they are years apart. Two dots struck me this week, essays that argue for deep observation. One, written in the early 1870s, sounds eerily like another, ...

The 10th edition of the Al Maleh and Fishing Festival, transported many residents back to the growing years of the UAE, when pearl diving and fishing were the dominant industries for the economy. The ...