The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Although today we may recognise creative taxidermy or artfully dried sea animals for the hoaxes they were, mermaids were once prized features of ...

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 ... highlighting how different species ...

Sea dragons survive on tiny crustaceans such as mysids, or sea lice. It is not known if they are preyed upon by other animals. They are, however, frequently taken by divers seeking to keep them as ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A California family is facing consequences after being found guilty of possessing multiple illegal animal items. California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers say they ...

Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had ...