Bad news for bears: black bear killing hurts California grizzly reintro hopes – Animals 24-7

Animals 24-7News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & natureJune 8, 2024 By Merritt Clifton            DOWNIEVILLE,  California––The November 8,  2023 discovery that Patrice Miller,  71,  had been eaten by a black bear inside her remote Sierra County rented home,  50 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe,  was bad news for bears everywhere,  whetting the fear of […]

Profile of an Artist: the Taxidermy of Leslie Dalton Roger – Big Easy Magazine

Sarah Rochis – Contributing Photographer / Nolan Storey – COO Leslie Dalton Roger is in the midst of skinning out a crow as a gift for a friend as we begin our interview in her studio. She is a professionally licensed taxidermist from New Orleans. Raised in the French Quarter and Mid-City, Leslie now calls Uptown […]

WATCH: Black Bears Get Super Friendly in Front of a Trail Cam – Outdoors with Bear Grylls

By Bethanie HPublishedTwo black bears—one with black fur and one with cinnamon-colored fur—got playful in front of a trail cam in the Yukon wilderness. The video by Yukon Wildlife Cams shows highlights from a 10-hour window in the Yukon, a territory in the northwest corner of Canada that borders Alaska. At the start of the […]

Why Taxidermy Is Being Revived for the 21st Century – Smithsonian Magazine

SectionsMore from Smithsonian magazineOur PartnersSubscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote. Matt Blitz “Ahhh, this polyurethane is setting up too quick,” exclaims Allis Markham, proprietor of Prey Taxidermy in Los Angeles. “Sorry, I’m molding bodies right now,” she adds, apologizing for the interruption in our conversation.Markham makes a living as a very busy […]

How the wildlife dioramas revolutionized the Academy of Natural Sciences – PhillyVoice

© 2026 WWB Holdings, LLC. All rights reserved September 04, 2026 Most of the dioramas at the Academy of Natural Sciences were created in the 1930s and 1960s, using animals donated from expeditions or game preserves. Aside from Haddy the dinosaur, the Academy of Natural Sciences is perhaps best known for its dioramas. The displays, which span […]

‘Robot wolves’ in high demand to scare off bears in Japan – japantimes.co.jp

SubscribeToday’s print editionHome DeliveryA Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.Monster Wolf is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals. Ohta Seiki, the Hokkaido-based firm that makes the devices, has […]

Specimen of the Week 247: the pickled dissected monkey head – UCL Blogs

UCL Culture BlogNews and musings from the UCL Culture teamBy ucwepwv, on 8 July 2016Happy Friday, Grant aficionados! Welcome back to the high-point of the week, where Saturday is almost within reach and we get to share a gem from the collection for your delectation.This week that particular gem is the…LDUCZ-Z445 Sapajus sp.While this specimen may seem a little […]