Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Rock art in southern Africa might depict long-extinct animals that walked the Earth 260 million years ago. A new paper argues that we should consider these images a form of Indigenous paleontology.

An Artist Honors Extinct Plants and Animals at New York’s Swiss Institute. ... Art and Museums in New York City A guide to the shows, exhibitions and artists shaping the city’s cultural landscape.

The aurochs, a type of prehistoric cow, is the subject of ancient cave paintings around the globe.It once roamed the plains of Europe and stood as tall as an elephant. It became extinct in the 1600s ...

Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing. Roughly 200-year-old African rock art predates the scientific description of dicynodonts ...

Rock art located in present-day South Africa might be the key to discovering an extinct animal species from more than 200 million years ago, according to a recent study published in Plos One journal.

One of the most compelling artworks is known as the Horned Serpent Panel, created sometime between 1821 and 1835.This piece of cave art portrays an animal with a serpent-like body and tusks ...

Archaeology & History Does This Ancient Rock Art Depict an Extinct Animal? The painting by indigenous San people suggests they had knowledge about local fossils, says a new study.

Meet Romulus and Remus — the world’s first de-extinct animals, born on Oct. 1, 2024. ... But it still requires a wild wolf to be sedated for a blood draw and that’s no simple feat, he added.

The San were known to have a robust mix of animals belonging to their ‘spirit world,’ but Benoit said that these animals were generally inspired by reality—even if extinct.

Meet Romulus and Remus — the world’s first de-extinct animals, born on Oct. 1, 2024. ... But it still requires a wild wolf to be sedated for a blood draw and that’s no simple feat, he added.