GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — What’s billed as the largest international traveling oddities expo is visiting DeVos Place in Grand Rapids this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Oddities & Curiosities ...

Editor’s note: David Cavaretta, owner of Bayou Taxidermy and Hunting Inc., is a 30-year-plus professional taxidermist and big-game guide. His work can be found in trophy rooms and museums around the ...

I'm not real sure how old I was when I saw an advertisement in one of the magazines Mom and Dad subscribed to for me. It was an ad describing how one could learn how to do taxidermy work, or stuff ...

To be a taxidermist in Minnesota means to know how to make a walleye look like a walleye A Rice taxidermy school has taught about 150 students since it opened in 2004 The current class of five will ...

At Seattle’s Pioneer Square oddity shop, The Belfry, you can buy all kinds of things that used to be alive. Choose a racoon jaw from the bowl, or a slim glass jar of rattlesnake ribs or maybe a human ...

WELL, IT WAS A WEEKEND OF ALL THINGS STRANGE, UNUSUAL AND PECULIAR AT THE KENTUCKY EXPO CENTER. THE ODDITIES AND CURIOUS EXPO WAS BACK IN LOUISVILLE, FEATURING HUNDREDS OF VENDORS, DEALERS AND ARTISTS ...

Before slicing open the mouse I needed to defrost it slightly – without a blast in the microwave. I seized the tiny creature nervously and squeezed it in my fist to warm up, as instructed. Trying ...

DAMASCUS — For Rodney Harper, the owner of Harper’s Pure Country Taxidermy in Damascus, taxidermy isn’t just a way to make a living; it’s a way to stay connected to his son, Jared. Rodney has been a ...

Two documentaries, 'Big Fur' and 'Stuffed,' set out to show that this sticky-fingered branch of natural history is full of beauty and wonder. Do they succeed? Our reviewer, who knows a lot more about ...

UNION CITY — Blain Blakeslee knew since the first grade that he wanted to be an artist. But the odds seemed stacked against him. His high school art teacher failed him, he's colorblind and his ...