People have been getting tattoos for a really, really long time. An ancient tattoo needle unearthed in Utah is about 2,000 years old, making it the oldest tattoo needle ever found by at least 1,000 ...

It’s a simple object about the size of a modern pen: two parallel cactus spines, stained black at the tips and lashed with split yucca leaves to an 89mm (3.5-inch) handle of skunkbrush sumac. But its ...

There are a lot of reasons why you may be hesitant to get your first tattoo, and oftentimes first tattoo tips on the Internet leave something to be desired. Perhaps your fears stem from the cost ...

An artifact found in Utah’s Bears Ears region is adding about a thousand years to what science believed about the history of tattooing among western North America’s indigenous people. A paper ...

The needle pokes into your skin, piercing it so the tattoo drips into your flesh. Poke, poke, poke. It hurts, but don’t you dare wince: You’re the one hammering the ink into yourself. A heart on your ...