Local artist Michaela Cross has published a children’s picture book titled “Yoga is a Four-Legged Word.” The book “has ...

Some species build fascinating structures and produce sounds that intrigue scientists. Are these simply instinctive behaviors ...

The winning photographs highlight the diversity of animal and plant life in Britain as well as the often hidden behaviors of ...

Of course, figuring out whether something is a work of art requires answering some tricky philosophical questions. Are animals even capable of creating art? And how can we tell whether something is a ...

He also used his sitters as models for his subject paintings, turning them into archetypes. He saw in his friend the art critic Jappe Nielsen a man suffering from love, pining for the painter Oda ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shawn Simpson, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) In the forests of ...

Whereas animal cultures affect just a few crucial behaviors, such as courtship and feeding, human cultures cover a massive and constantly expanding set of activities, from clothing to table ...

Of course, figuring out whether something is a work of art requires answering some tricky philosophical questions. Are animals even capable of creating art? And how can we tell whether something ...

Art can manifest in the most surprising ways, and British artist Justin Bateman takes this idea to a whole new level. He transforms simple pebbles and stones into breathtaking mosaics—portraits, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in the ...