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Designing Safer Antlers for Finland's Reindeers
Would this spooky reindeer that seems to have transported from some unearthly netherworld stop you in your tracks?
Animals
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To Stop the Illegal Ivory Trade, You Have to Stop the Art
China's destruction of some 6.1 tons of seized ivory earlier this month may have seemed like a small dent in a country where around 70% of the illegal trade is concentrated, but it was an encouraging sway in the right direction.
Art
Tigers Forever: Can Nature Photography Inspire Conservation?
"If I win, the tiger wins," photographer Steve Winter said at his talk earlier this week at the Explorers Club in New York. For two decades he's traced tigers through the forests of Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and India, on a quest for images that would stop people in their tracks, to spend more t
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Duke Riley's Pigeon Army of Cuban Cigar Smugglers
The United States spends billions of dollars on a balloon surveillance system on the Florida Straits waters as part of its Trading with the Enemy Act against Cuba, the only country currently under the restriction. Yet as Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley states in his video for a recent project: "As
Art
When Art Was the Scientist's Eye: 400 Years of Natural History Illustrations
Art has long been incredibly important to the development of science, as shown in the Natural Histories: 400 Years of Scientific Illustration from the Museum’s Library exhibition now at the American Museum of Natural History.
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A Famed 17th-Century Elephant Drawn by Rembrandt Is Revealed to Define Her Species
Hansken the elephant was an incredible creature. Not only could she sword fight, wave a flag, and put a hat on her head, the 17th century animal performer was also drawn by none other than Rembrandt in 1637.
Art
Study: Mice Prefer Kandinsky to Mondrian
A recent study shows that mice can indeed have preferences to paintings, given the proper morphine reinforcement.
Art
The Top 6 Trends at ArtPrize
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — As an artist participating in ArtPrize myself, I had the amazing experience of not only visiting Grand Rapids for the first time, but also experiencing this mega-event for the first time. While walking around the city snapping pics, I was instantly reminded about my solo tri