Haast’s eagle was the largest eagle to have ever lived. They lived in New Zealand until about 1400 when the…
The aurochs were a large species of cattle that stood nearly seven feet tall at the shoulder and had horns…
Happy New Year! Let’s kick off 2022 by learning about Japanese woodblock master Utagawa Hiroshige. Hiroshige was born in 1797…
Anna Waser was born in Zurich, Switzerland circa 1675, to Johann Rudolf Waser and Esther Muller. Her family was wealthy…
The great auk was a species of large flightless birds that resembled penguins and became extinct in the mid-1800s. Despite…
Some of the earliest rock art discovered in Australia, dated to thousands of years after the first humans’ landing about…
Puvis de Chavannes was born Pierre-Cecile Puvis de Chavannes in 1824. As a young student, he had planned to follow…
Afrovenator lived in North Africa in the middle of Jurassic Period, 167 to 161 million years ago. Housed at the…
Oxyaena lived from about 60 million years ago to 50 million years ago in what is now Asia, Europe, and…
Sofonisba Anguissola was unusual in her day for being a trained female painter during the Renaissance who had court standing…