The surprising artifact could be evidence of fertility rituals—or just one of history’s strangest good luck charms.

Johannes Stoetter is an internationally recognized artist who paints on human bodies to create optical illusions that look like animals. Video courtesy of Johannes Stoetter Art and WB Production.

Friedrich Schenck, the relatively obscure painting 'Anguish' has garnered renewed interest thanks to social media.

This is not the first time that people have painted animals for entertainment or decorative purposes. In 2019, two donkeys were painted black and white to resemble zebras for a safari-themed ...

The zoo has denied that this is a painted donkey A zoo in Egypt has denied painting black stripes on a donkey to make it look like a zebra after a photo of the animal appeared online. Student ...

A bio-archaeologist with the University of Reading, in the U.K., has found an ancient dog's red-painted penis bone along with ...

They show animals as well as some human hunters. Some historians believe that Stone Age paintings had a religious meaning. They think the painted animals were meant to represent powerful spirits.