Taxidermist Ray Murawski moved his hand along the back of a black bear rug he had laid out on a table in the back of his shop ...

The word taxidermy comes from the ancient Greek words ... Murawski is always willing to share his knowledge of the natural world. He is an artist in love with his vocation, and more than ...

Before long, she began turning art world heads with her distinctive, surrealist brand of taxidermy and has since built up a network of clients who supply a steady stream of creatures for her work.

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 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 ...

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 ...