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The Lorelei (Loreley) is a 132-meter slate rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine River near Sankt Goarshausen, Germany, marking one of the river's narrowest and most treacherous sections. The legend of a siren-like woman whose singing lures sailors to their deaths originated in Clemens Brentano's 18...
The Greater Siren (Siren lacertina) is a large, permanently neotenic aquatic salamander native to the eastern United States. As an obligate neotene, it retains its external gills throughout its entire lifespan and lacks hind limbs entirely, possessing only small forelimbs. This species inhabits mudd...
The lesser siren, scientifically known as Siren intermedia, is a large, fully aquatic salamander native to ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams across the eastern United States. It exhibits neoteny, meaning it retains its external gills and aquatic larval characteristics throughout its entire lifes...
The Lorelei is a steep slate rock above the Rhine near Sankt Goarshausen, Germany, and the name of a legendary woman associated with the site. In literary tradition, she sits above the river combing her golden hair and singing, distracting a boatman who then perishes in the dangerous current. The fa...
