A paper published on January 29 in Rock Art Research says that a prehistoric rock, which to the untrained eye looks rather unassuming, may in fact be a 130,000 year-old “sand sculpture” animal carving ...

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The stone found along the Cape south coast in 2018 on the left compared to the shape of a blue stingray endemic to southern Africa on the right (all images courtesy Charles W. Helm) A team of ...

A hunk of rock found on the South African coast may be the oldest human artwork representing another animal, according to a team of researchers that examined the stone. The aeolianite rock was found ...

Stingrays are instantly recognizable creatures. They glide around our oceans and rivers efficiently, using their flattened bodies and ‘wings’ (pectoral fins) to float in the water. But do not be ...