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 ...
It entered Hintze Hall head first before being brought upright again. When installed, the taxidermy giraffe will be placed alongside a giraffe skeleton, providing a life-sized comparison study of the ...
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 ...
“The key to taxidermy is telling the whole story,” says Jordan Hackl, a 22-year-old novice competing at the championships. It’s not about stuffing a deer, he explains. It’s about telling ...
Elk and deer skulls, especially. Skull Taxidermy’s primary focus is the ... “So, if someone brings me a head that has maggots and it’s rotten or it stinks, I don’t even give it to the ...
The range is from southern Canada to Panama except for parts of the western and southwestern U.S. The white-tailed deer was uncommon in the Adirondacks prior to the mid ... An extensive repertoire of ...