Of course, figuring out whether something is a work of art requires answering some tricky philosophical questions. Are animals even capable of creating art? And how can we tell whether something ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as “bowers.” The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in the ...

Of course, figuring out whether something is a work of art requires answering some tricky philosophical questions. Are animals even capable of creating art? And how can we tell whether something is a ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — James Delaney wants his public art in South Africa’s biggest ... A curious assembly of stencil owls peer down from jacaranda trees. A life-size pink giraffe installation ...