In one corner of J&K Taxidermy's front office, a crayfish nips at a small crappie. In another, a crow sitting on an aspen branch scolds a black bear. Over here, a trio of snow and blue geese cups ...

A small white mouse gazes up with its beady, black eye, sporting a brightly colored outfit. It grasps a piece of fruit in its tiny paw, almost becoming too human. At first glance, one would never know ...

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

Lee Looney practices an artform that dates back thousands of years. Looney is a taxidermist, keeping alive a craft that fewer ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Derick Wenck believes taxidermy is alive and well in South Dakota. Wenck, owner of Diggers Taxidermy, is the current president of the South Dakota Taxidermist Association.

The competition is heating up in downtown Wichita. Believe it or not, it has nothing to do with basketball. It’s the annual Taxidermists Convention. They say this is an art form, and many people don’t ...

Inside the Jamuna Bridge Regional Museum in Tangail's Bhuapur, a child was staring at a stuffed owl, mesmerised, as he wondered if it was a real bird.

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 ...

Editor’s note: David Cavaretta, owner of Bayou Taxidermy and Hunting Inc., is a 30-year-plus professional taxidermist and big-game guide. His work can be found in trophy rooms and museums around the ...

COLUMBUS – Jody “Pappy” Schults of Louisville held his taxidermied deer head and shoulders with a carved mount, as organizers help set it on the wall of a showroom of Ramada-Columbus. His ...

Four years later, Moncrief had the chance to redeem himself by enrolling in a correspondence course at the Northwestern School of Taxidermy. For nine months, Moncrief studied the art of taxidermy ...

It starts in the field, said Jeff Welch, owner of Trails West Taxidermy in Helena, as many hunters are learning to make the proper cuts on an animal to allow a taxidermist to use the skin called a ...