The art of taxidermy has become fashionable again in recent years. But it has always been scientifically useful. Hein van Grouw, Senior Curator and expert taxidermist, shows us how bird taxidermy ...

Introduced to the island 120 years ago, moose are involved in hundreds of collisions each year. But the huge animal is an accepted part of life here. “I suspect that they got squatters’ rights.” ...

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 ...

This story appears in the August 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Not every feat of taxidermy qualifies as art. But as the art of taxidermy has endured and evolved, it has given form to ...

Opening day for Minnesota’s firearms deer season is getting close: Saturday Nov. 9. Tens of thousands of hunters now count ...

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 ...

an extensive array of taxidermy, medical apparatus, and fraternal memorabilia (think Masonic and Elk Lodge pins and badges). Items run the gamut from the slightly bizarre (a mounted Moose’s hoof ...

Chase Voss remembers the moment he first saw the majestic takahē - not out in the wild like you might expect, but rather mounted up inside Te Papa museum in Wellington. He was just 12 years old ...

During the first dinner, as we highlighted my Grand Slam, Candace made marinated moose heart pizza with wild clover ... The ...

White or piebald moose are only rarely seen in Newfoundland, and they hold a special importance in Mi'kmaw culture. (Video thumbnail) A Ship Cove, N.L., man wants to see more protection for the ...

Ni ehda uthuga jawani ch janaja mithiye (The funeral will happen in youth). This is a line from Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala's latest track, The Last Ride. The song, which was released in May ...

Sidhu Moose Wala wasn't your average hip hop artist. He wore a turban, he spoke in deep Punjabi, he was a politician and a philanthropist. His music had made him a household name in his home state ...