Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in ...

Thomas Kaplan has announced plans to sell Young Lion Resting, a rare Rembrandt drawing, to support wildlife conservation ...

The term "art deco" is being applied too liberally to architecture built under colonialism, writes Edward Denison as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. Long cast as the bastard child of ...

A hallmark of art deco design, murals were also included elsewhere. Painter Mary Adshead created a medieval scene for the underground billiards room, which the household used as a comfortable bomb ...

Cats wearing clothes and playing musical instruments ... Dr Grollemond says the purpose of marginalia has been long debated by medieval art historians. Some say they're satire, others say they ...

Domestic cats have been living alongside humans for an estimated 10,000 years, first as rodent control and then as the couch-warmers we know and love. A far cry from the lone predator lifestyle of ...

There has long been a great fascination with the Medieval period of history. Thousands of stories, whether historical or fantastical, are set or based during this era. It is an era that has been ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...

Ortega explains that cat eye nail art is done with a specific type of polish that has metallic particles in it. "At first, it looks like typical glitter, but when paired with a magnet, the ...

This group of 90-year-olds were tired of being lonely, so they started a podcast ...

Emily Anthes is a science reporter who writes Pet Theory, a column about our creature companions. When my husband and I took our cat to the vet early last year, we were hoping to hear that we had ...