As if extinction were impossible ... only against other re-creations but also against the world’s best real-animal taxidermy. She won the top prize in the re-creations category.

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that ...

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 ...

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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 ...

19th-20th Centuries The 19th Century was a true renaissance and the heyday of taxidermy as we know it. During this period, many museums actively used realistic animal exhibits for educational purposes ...

Careful management is needed to secure their future and to prevent extinction ... Whilst giraffe taxidermy is comparatively common in many museums, mounted skeletons of these animals are not. 'It ...

"A lot of people who are already in the camp of, 'oh that's wrong or nasty or cruel', I would say pause your judgement a little bit and you might understand." ...

The art of taxidermy has become fashionable again in recent years ... representing about 95% of the world's surviving bird species, as well as many now-extinct species. They are housed in the Museum ...

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.