Rembrandt used wheat starch in some of his paint to achieve a thicker stroke.
Beavers have a knack for river restoration.
The "top 40 nature photographs of all time," as selected by the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), will be auctioned by Christie's International on April 22 in honor of Earth Day.
Dirk Hannema, a discredited art curator, has the last laugh after a work by Van Gogh is discovered in his collection.
Eighty clay figures depicting both animals and humans have just been excavated in Northern Ghana, according to information provided to Discovery News by the University of Manchester. Tim Insoll of the university, along with Ghana's Benjamin Kankpeyeng, led the project. ...