The new film "Death of a Unicorn," starring Jenna Ortega, features the mythical beast as a brutal killer. From purity to immortality, unicorns have been featured in works of art throughout the ...

David M. Witelson is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand's Rock Art Research Institute (RARI). He receives funding from RARI and the University's Faculty of Science. In ...

A chess-sized piece of bone crafted before modern humans are believed to have arrived in the area sparks questions about artistic expression beyond Homo sapiens. Researchers say this incised bone, ...

In his autobiographical account, The Travels of Marco Polo, the famous 13th-century Venetian explorer recorded his visit to Sumatra, Indonesia. "There are wild elephants in the country", he wrote, ...

One-horned creatures are found in myths around the world. Although unicorns in different cultures have little to do with one another, they have multiple associations in European thought. In southern ...