But is this really a case of potential predators mistaking eyespots for the eyes of animals that would prey upon them in turn (i.e., a bona fide Mona Lisa effect)?

It took scientists nearly 7,000 hours to exhume what some researchers are now calling the ‘Mona Lisa’ of dinosaurs. A report released Thursday described the 110-million-year-old creature as ...

Mona Lisa is the size of a zebra, but has the low-hanging stomach and shape of a donkey. Her body is gray, but her ears and mane are black and white, and her legs are streaked with black stripes.

PARIS: The Mona Lisa effect is a controversial phenomenon in the scientific community. Researchers from Bielefeld University in Germany have discovered that while this optical effect is real, the ...

The analogy to the Mona Lisa shouldn’t be taken literally. The idea is not that animals “think in pictures,” but simply that they do not think in human-like sentences.

New York artist Ron Piccirillo is claiming to have unlocked the secrets behind one of the most mysterious faces in history — Mona Lisa. Piccirillo argues that several animals can be seen hidden ...

An artist claims to have cracked the 500-year-old mystery of the Mona Lisa after spotting hidden images in the famous painting. Ron Piccirillo spotted the heads of a lion, an ape and a buffalo in ...

Artist spots hidden images of animals in Mona Lisa. An artist claims to have finally cracked the 500-year-old mystery of the Mona Lisa - by spotting hidden images that nobody has seen before.