You may have seen them in restaurants or offices — a shoulder mount of an animal on the wall or a full-body display. Dead, ...

The company also stresses that it operates in strict compliance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

From a taxidermied mynah bird perched on a teacup to a mammoth leatherback turtle, here are the "extraordinary creatures" these taxidermists are preserving.

Taxidermy comes from the Greek words taxis, or movement, and dermy, or skin. Taxidermists typically remove the skin from an animal and replace, or mount, it over an artificial body, or mannequin.

Beard got interested in preparing hides and pelts when he started trapping as an 8-year-old, so it was only natural for him to take that interest to the next level. A 2006 graduate of Larimore High ...

David Clifton takes pride in his work and he’s looking to pass on the passion for turning out top-notch taxidermy to others. Clifton, 54, is a full-time taxidermist from Rusk. In mid-September, he ...

Jeff added that he is always buying capes from hunters to use on mounts or in his taxidermy school. Most older mounts only include the neck and head rather than including the shoulder common in mounts ...

David Clifton takes pride in his work and he’s looking to pass on the passion for turning out top-notch taxidermy to others. Clifton, 54, is a full-time taxidermist from Rusk. In mid-September, he ...

Taxidermy birds are taking flight once again, attached to flapping-wing drones. The unusual project, led by researchers at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, is meant to create a ...

It was close to 8 a.m. on Monday Nov. 3, 2025, and I have a very appointment to keep. I am a little late and my excuse was ...

With the recent cold snap, hunter success is expected to pick up in the coming days and weeks, and that means taxidermists are gearing up to receive the bulk of their yearly workload. But just how do ...