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 ...
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 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 ...
Wild quail is now protected in the UK, so you can only buy farmed quail. This may well have been intensively reared so if welfare is an issue for you, check its provenance before you buy.
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 ...
Flazer and Pei returned to retail in 2011 with Hound and Quail, a cabinet of curiosities that revels in vintage one-of-a-kind finds. Visitors may well still encounter an iconic piece by Eames or ...
SINGAPORE – On my two-night stay at Changi’s newest boutique farm stay House of Melissa Evelin, recurrent cock-a-doodle-doos – alien to me in my high-rise home – quickly become a regular ...
It’s the first Saturday in November and that signals the opening of both quail and rabbit seasons across the state of Tennessee. Seems like just yesterday small game seasons were winding down as they ...
OK, we admit that the taxidermy mounts are a bit much ... It's not for the faint of heart. Buffalo, elk, quail and, today, rattlesnake was the special. Also on special was a combination of ...