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

Ratno SardiScientists have determined a cave painting depicting what looks to be a hunting scene is more than 44,000 years ...

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 ...

DOGS have been preserved in art in illustrations dating back to the Bronze Age, cementing the animal’s status as man’s favorite companion. Some of the world’s most famous paintings just aren’t ...

Seeing through one eye or many, in technicolour or black and white, few animals experience the world as we do. By analysing the properties of animals' visual systems, we can model what the world would ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as “bowers.” The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in the ...