X-ray verifies taxidermy as Tasmanian Tiger, says Essex buyer – BBC

James Cranfield bought the mounted animal head for £62,600 earlier this monthA mounted head of an animal that was bought at auction has been officially verified as an extinct Tasmanian Tiger specimen.James Cranfield, a natural history collector from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, spent £62,600 buying the taxidermy earlier this month from Auctioneum, in Bristol. On Sunday, the […]

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‘Cruel, Outdated and Unnecessary’: Interfaith Group Urges Louis Vuitton to Stop Using Fur – Newsweek

PublishedDec 10, 2021 at 01:27 PM ESTAP FellowAn interfaith group is calling on Louis Vuitton to stop using animal fur in its products.Orthodox Christian priest Stephen Karcher, Jewish Rabbi ElizaBeth Webb Beyer, Hindu activist Rajan Zed, and Buddhist priest Matthew Fisher released a joint statement condemning the high fashion brand for its continued usage of […]

5 Dog Breeds With the Most Wolf DNA (and 4 With the Least) – vice.com

Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer.SubscribeNewsletter By Ashley FikeYour dog might sleep under a weighted blanket and bark at a leaf, but genetically, they’re carrying a surprising amount of wolf. A new study published in PNAS dug through nearly 2,700 dog and wolf genomes from the Late Pleistocene through today, and the […]

Surprising Study Finds That Most Modern Dogs Have Wolf DNA — And Reveals Which Breeds Are Most Wolflike – All That's Interesting

Wikimedia CommonsMost modern dogs have at least a little recent wolf DNA that entered their genome after the two species’ evolutionary split roughly 20,000 years ago.Most of today’s domesticated dogs have noticeable, albeit often small, amounts of wolf DNA in their genome, according to a new study.This discovery challenges the theory that, since dogs made […]

Taxidermy sound bath? How an unconventional idea works at the Natural History Museum – Los Angeles Times

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred I lay on my back and stared at a bright blue painted sky, dappled with puffy clouds. As my mind drifted, the sound of a breeze, created by […]