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 ...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — A stingray named Charlotte is the main character of her own mystery after it was discovered that she's pregnant – with no male ray in sight. Charlotte, who resides in a tank at ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Aquarium's veterinarians and staff found a rare form of cancer in one of their stingrays that has only been reported one other time. Luckily, their early detection has ...