Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some manuscripts, rather than skins from the local boars and deer ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

Some of the fur belonged to harbor seals from Greenland ... or symbolism,” researchers said. “The seal was rarely depicted in medieval art and did not hold a place in heraldry, which developed ...

There is often little room for modern or student-produced art. The Houses “have a particular architecture,” Luise Mörke says, ...

The Puget Sound Estuarium and Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT) are working on the critters and plants that will ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has ...

The Armory’s Community Art Studio is open to the public throughout ... There are marine mammals as well, including orca, harbor seals and California sea lions. Several bat species have also ...