Jan van Kessel the Elder. Noah’s Family Assembling Animals Before the Ark, c. 1660 oil on panel. Photograph courtesy of The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland The National Gallery of Art and the ...

After a few days on display in a downtown warehouse, an elaborately painted live elephant was washed down Sunday by order of the city’s Department of Animal Services. Tai, a 38-year-old female Indian ...

The painted animals in the caves of Lascaux show the artistry of people 15,000 years ago. Walking through the caves of Lascaux, under a stampede of 600 impressively painted animals covering its ...

Two gopher tortoises were spray painted with bright colors in Naples, Florida, causing a local conservancy to rush to their aid Conservancy of Southwest Florida An act of vandalism could have a ...

A fascinating discovery in South Africa has sparked renewed debate about whether ancient myths were inspired by real, now-extinct animals. Archaeologists have uncovered a 200-year-old rock painting ...

Facebook users were upset on Monday to see a post on a page for the Sao Paulo, Brazil-based J Serafim Show, detailing an event where children were encouraged to use a white horse as a canvas for ...