Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

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 ...

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

Are seals mammals? We've done the research! Jump in to read about the characteristics of seals that make them mammals!

The Office and After Life creator has blasted vile hunters who are killing brown fur seals so a part cant be sold as an ...

It is believed to be “Joca,” the same animal seen before on Ipanema Beach, and sighted by beach-goers on São Francisco Beach in Niterói. The fur seal had come from Guanabara Bay and only ...