Adorned with colorful glass “jewels,” this miniature brass snail’s shell was striking enough to fetch $51 at auction. In real life, snails are unwelcome pests. But this one brings the shine of brass ...

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...

A massive figure in Dorset, England, of a naked man wielding a club, known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, is not prehistoric, as was previously believed, according to tests of snail shells found on the ...

Hank Willis Thomas, History of the Conquest, 2017. Bronze. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from Ben Foster in memory of Raye B. Foster, 2021.42. Credit: Courtesy of ...

They say life imitates art, but any scientist knows that the best designs imitate life. Researchers from the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) are drawing new biomimicry inspiration for ...

A new sculpture unveiled at one of the region's most popular parks has been criticised by residents who are asking how much it cost. Questions are being asked over what Wigan Council has contributed ...

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — Larger-than-life orange snails have popped up in central Ohio as part of a traveling art exhibit from Milan, Italy. The three snails have been placed on the front lawn of the ...

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