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a realistic relief textile work of a dog lounging on a tiled floor, made via rug hooking

Lifelike Canines Lounge in Emily O’Leary Uncanny Hooked Rugs

January 13, 2025

A Surinam golden-eyed tree frog puffs out its cheeks to look like giant bubbles as it prepares to call for a mate.

Help Choose the Winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

January 10, 2025

a glass and ceramic sculpture of a woman standing with a deer

Ceramics and Glass Merge in Christina Bothwell’s Transformative Sculptures

January 6, 2025

a large-scale installation in the desert resembling the Hollywood sign that reads "INDIAN LAND"

Nicholas Galanin Hews Visions of the Present From Indigenous Knowledge, Land, and Memory

December 24, 2024

Silliness and Style Take Top Honors in the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

December 13, 2024

a gif from a short animated film of a green tree frog morphing into a series of green dots

Biologist Karen Lips Investigates Vanishing Tree Frogs in ‘The Waiting’

December 11, 2024

a vibrant work of people and swan sitting on a green striped couch in a mishmash of limbs. the color palette is largely orange, pink, and red

Swans, Plants, and Fragmented Figures Warmly Embrace in Yool Kim’s Paintings

November 28, 2024

a gif clip from a computer-animated film showing a black cat leaping out of the water onto the side of a boat

‘Flow’ Follows a Courageous Black Cat Navigating a World Suddenly Plunged Underwater

November 26, 2024

artist Quentin Garel working on a wooden sculpture of an ibex in his studio

Quentin Garel’s Lifelike Sculptures Transport Us to the ‘Faraway Forest’

November 7, 2024

an underwater photo of a baby manatee

Whether Underwater or Up a Tree, Close-Up Photographer of the Year Delights in the Details

October 29, 2024

an oil painting of a moose with numerous additional legs on its back and rear

Bruno Pontiroli’s Absurd Portraits Highlight Quirky Behavior and Zoological Buffoonery

October 28, 2024

orange and white garments draped over a clothesline to look like a fox

Dressed to the Canines: Helga Stentzel Styles Playful Clothesline Illusions

October 25, 2024

a sculpture made from a vintage box with a decorator crab on top, collecting a string of pearls and surrounded by blue coral

Thriving Habitats by Stéphanie Kilgast Emerge from Plastic Bottles and Recycled Objects

October 23, 2024

a cartoonish painting with wolf and bird like figures in a chaotic mix of cloud shapes and squiggles. the palette is blue and orange

Energetic Characters Collide in Roco’s Bold, Cartoonish Jumbles

October 22, 2024

two white candles are embedded in a fish's torso as it leaps from the water with pink coral sticking out

On Canvas and Shell, Alexis Trice Paints Ethereal Scenes Gleaming with Energy

October 22, 2024