Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a fictional animal with a glowing red nose, and is often depicted as the lead reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh through...
The constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, are named for their supposed resemblance to bears (great and little bear). Ursa Major has been associated...
In Norse and Anglo Saxon mythology the stag has connections with kingship. In the Anglo Saxon epic, Beowulf, the Heorot (Mead Hall) is described as,...
The actual scientific name for the polar bear is Ursa Maritimus, which in Latin translates as Sea Bear. This title’s very appropriate considering the sea...