T he discovery of 200-year-old rock art in South Africa has shed light on the importance of the extinct horned serpent. This unique find predates the first scientific descriptions of dicynodonts.

An ancient elk gazes into the distance from the steep shoreline cliff of Lake Yövesi. The autumn day is sunny, but very windy ...

In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...

A deeper understanding of nature, how it works, and our relationship to the natural world can be gained by seeing “Paint Rock: Drawing from Nature,” an exhibit at JSU’s Department of Art & Design in ...

Glyphs and pictographs at a site in Texas represent generations of settlement by Indigenous peoples. Paint Rock, a half-mile-long bluff in central Texas, is home to roughly 1,500 painted Native ...

African rock art depicting a mythical tusked creature may mirror the look of fossils of real-life ancient mammal relatives called dicynodonts. Abundant, exposed fossils in South Africa’s Karoo Basin ...

Archaeologists working in the central Brazilian state of Tocantins have discovered 16 new rock art sites. The sites are in Jalapão and feature rock art estimated to have been created 2,000 years ago.

Thousands of ochre rock drawings, including images of humans and animals morphing into one another, offer a striking glimpse at early life in the Amazon. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Newly found engravings of animals on rock outcrops in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud desert show nomads lived there thousands of years ago.

Gabe Wilson, the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, joined the Local Vibe to share ...