America is full of beloved restaurants that have been serving their communities for decades, and in some cases nearly as long ...
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 ...
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 ...
Shane Davenport of Gilmer has won numerous awards in state, national and worldwide competitions for his animal amalgamations.
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 ...
And stay on your toes. —S.B. Ever watched a great bird dog working cover to find a hunkered-down pheasant or quail? That’s your whitetail buck right now, only he’s looking for does.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The restaurant is inspired by a Bavarian hunting lodge with its taxidermy-festooned walls ... the bone marrow and hand-cut ...