A New York–born naturalist and explorer, he single-handedly elevated taxidermy from a smelly form of upholstering—skin the animal, boil its bones, wire the frame back together, stuff the ...

You can see taxidermy in movies ... At that time, people embalmed birds, cats, other small animals, and even crocodiles to place them in tombs as "exhibits." Priests were generally responsible ...

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Taxidermy isn’t for the faint of heart. Widely considered an art form, the process of mounting animal skins can ...

Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had ...

Bird curator Hein Van Grouw reveals how taxidermy is still bringing nature to life, centuries after the first animals were preserved. On the first floor of the Museum's Hintze Hall, 38 pheasants rest ...

The mounts' recipients will display the animals where they can't be touched — likely behind glass — and have experts and equipment to care for the aging taxidermy, DePaolo said.

The mounts' recipients will display the animals where they can't be touched — likely behind glass — and have experts and equipment to care for the aging taxidermy, DePaolo said. Sioux Falls ...