In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, Julien Benoit from the University of the Witwatersrand confirmed that the rock ...

The piece, which is painted on the side of a house in Chelsea, south-west London, depicts two elephants poking their heads ...

Banksy elephant artwork restored and protected after being vandalised - The piece, which is painted on the side of a house in ...

From an African king to a Chinese princess, meet the fascinating figures whose stories are forever entwined with the Silk ...

The Letaba Elephant Hall museum covers elephant evolution, biology, behaviour, ecology and research. It also showcases the ivory of eight of Kruger’s greatest tuskers (including six of the Magnificent ...

Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by ...

But Benoit, who works at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has a different perspective. He says the animal ...

Analysis - A mysterious animal painted on a cave wall in South Africa's Free State Province has long baffled scientists. Is it a walrus? It looks like one, but there are no such animals in Africa.

The first inhabitants of southern Africa knew about locally abundant dicynodont fossils and made rock art about them.

The painting was created by the San people of southern Africa between 1821 and 1835. Called “the Horned Serpent panel,” the ...

During the restoration of an ancient Egyptian temple, researchers found rare traces of gold and paint, photos show. Photo ...