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 ...

The museum houses two exhibition rooms: The first displays a rotating temporary exhibit dedicated to themes such as postmortem photography, artifacts of mourning, and anthropomorphic taxidermy ...

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 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 ...

She was making taxidermy of creatures using neon lights and resin – beautiful ... which she paints freehand with a skill that is mind-blowing. But my favourite pieces are the anthropomorphic women ...

Calvin’s dad was assuredly talking about taxidermy when he told Calvin to ‘stuff’ the tiger, but Calvin took his advice and ...