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 ...

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 ...

Dangerously high winds were expected to return to Los Angeles on Monday, jeopardizing efforts to contain two massive wildfires that have leveled whole neighborhoods, claimed the lives of at least ...

Tam’s creations take many forms, but their ambition is to one day work on a lion or similarly exotic creature, writes Sarah ...

A team of biomimetic roboticists at New Mexico Tech has been trying to do just that with a novel approach to wildlife monitoring technology that uses taxidermy birds to create naturalistic drones.

Nothing can be brought back from the dead, but to the naked eye, it looks like researchers two hours north of Las Cruces have done just that. In the small town of Socorro, New Mexico, dead birds are ...

Over the last three months, writing this mini-series has made me think about my own collecting habits. Sure, I've got a few too many pairs of bird socks. I once collected birdy beers, but realising I ...