Zoo Knoxville's resident artists have feathers and hooves and long, winding trunks. Some are dedicated to their craft. Many have individualized, sometimes temperamental, approaches to the creation of ...

A prehistoric artist’s realistic portrayal of a wild pig, warts and all, might just be the oldest known example of a painting that depicts the animal world. Four years ago, scientists came upon the ...

Patterns of lines and dots associated with specific animal species in cave art may point to an early writing system. The four dots painted across the back of this aurochs (wild ox) in the Lascaux cave ...