EditorialDale Thomas, left, poses with a taxidermy monkey while Mika Thomas takes his photo at a booth during the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialDale Thomas, left, poses with a taxidermy monkey while Mika Thomas takes his photo at a booth during the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialDale Thomas, left, poses with a taxidermy monkey while Mika Thomas takes his photo at a booth during the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, April 14, 2023. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Youngaitis with his live snake named Pablo, at his Cypress Hills Taxidermy Studio in Queens, May 3, 2022. (Alexandra Genova/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Anna Valdez’s “Magritte Inspired” and “Elk Antler with Taxidermy Alligator Head” at the Ochi gallery at NADA New York in Lower Manhattan, May 4, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialA taxidermy fox and bobcat presided over the sporting goods section of the Stonyford General Store in Stonyford, Calif., on June 6, 2020, where the annual rodeo was cancelled due to the coronavirus. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialThe dining room of Buffalo Bill's Irma Hotel & Restaurant in Cody, Wyo., features photographs and taxidermy on Jan. 28, 2020. (Elliot Ross/The New York Times)
EditorialHenri Rousseau: Scouts Attacked by a Tiger (?claireurs attaqu?s par un tigre), Henri Rousseau, 1904, Oil on canvas, Self-taught artist Henri Rousseau created his enormous jungle scenes by studying the plants and taxidermy animals in Paris's natural his...
EditorialLe Vaillant's camp on the banks of the Orange River in the Richtersveld. A giraffe skin is undergoing taxidermy on a frame. From Francois Le Vaillant?s Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazar...
EditorialLe Vaillant's camp on the banks of the Orange River in the Richtersveld. A giraffe skin is undergoing taxidermy on a frame. From Francois Le Vaillant?s Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazar...