This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Given the changes in our climate and the ...

Entrenched assumptions persist about art as an intellectual activity that distinguishes humans from other beings, but there has been an "animal... At this year's conference of the College Art ...

I recently received a copy of Dr. Keri Cronin's new book called Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870–1914. I honestly know just about nothing about this topic, so I immediately ...

The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal-headed ...

The world’s oldest known figurative artwork has been discovered in a cave in Indonesia – an endearing image of a warty pig. Archaeologists working on the site on the island of Sulawesi said the cave ...

"Conceived, edited, and designed by Quarto Publishing plc, an imprint of The Quarto Group"--Title page verso NH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Margery Masinter ...

Lynn Hershman Leeson, The Infinity Engine, 2014. Multimedia installation, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist, Altman Siegel, San Francisco and Bridget Donahue, New York. Photo: Paris Tavitian ...

Rock art explored by archaeologists in the Colombian Amazon has provided an insight into the complex relationship between the earliest settlers on the continent and the animals they encountered. Rock ...

Visitors to the Little Rock Zoo can now get a sneak peek at one of its most anticipated returning animals through a colorful ...