The moment I walked into the pastel-colored, dimly lit room at the Renaissance Society, I was struck by the sound of gunshots. The exhibition is a maze of seven differently sized rectangular rooms, ...

Explore the world's oldest cave art, from Indonesian pigs to Spanish Neanderthal paintings. Uncover the artistic genius and symbolism of our earliest ances ...

This video shows a close-up of a shoebill, a large wetland bird immediately recognizable by its enormous shoe-shaped bill, grey feathers, pale yellow eyes, and unusual appearance that can make it look ...

Fort Portal, Uganda – When King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro was buried on September 12, the ceremony unfolded under the shadow of a bitter dispute over who should succeed him. Prince ...

Royal guards carry casket through streets of Fort Portal amid row over appointment of Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, long the world’s youngest monarch, has ...

In Spain’s Cave of El Castillo, red ochre paintings depict rooflike shapes from the Upper Paleolithic. © Government of Cantabria / Pedro Saura Ramos Last year, I ...

Uganda has been declared free of Ebola, with the World Health Organization (WHO) confirming that the East African country had passed the mandatory 42-day monitoring period without any new cases. WHO ...

Last November, a Uganda-based guide captured a striking image showing an enormous, prehistoric-looking shoebill after it had landed on a tour boat. The rarely observed "dinosaur bird" was photographed ...

A new analysis has precisely dated paintings in France’s Font-de-Gaume cave for the first time. Scientists discovered charcoal inside black pigments once thought to contain only minerals, allowing ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Prehistoric-looking shoebills are iconic because of their size and striking presence in the wetlands of East and Central Africa. There are perhaps fewer than 8,000 mature shoebills left, and finding ...

Human history stretches so far back in time, it's almost incomprehensible. Just over 70,000 years ago, humanity was reduced to a small group of about one thousand reproductive adults who survived a ...