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

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

Now that I’ve used the Wisdom Panel Essential Dog DNA test on four of my pups, I figured it was high time to write a review.

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

A study of 16 Medieval manuscripts in Clairvaux Abbey in France found they were bound in a surprising material: sealskin.

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 ...

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

“When we did that scene, I found it hilarious,” Theroux says. “The seriousness and the tone with which we played it and the ...

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.

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 ...

In honor of National Siblings Day on April 10, take a look at some famous families who have turned shared DNA into double the ...

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