This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Taxidermy isn’t for the faint of heart. Widely considered an art form, the process of mounting animal skins can ...

Lizards shed their skin in pieces or large flakes to make room for new skin. They shed their skin multiple times a year, when its old, damaged, or no longer fits them ...

Farms such as this one in Poland can process thousands ... much progress on animal welfare. He bristled, then tersely answered, “Not much.” A worker, not visible behind skin, at a Bangkok ...

It’s no skin off their backs. That’s why the multibillion-dollar, luxury fashion accessories market continues to peddle shoes, wallets, gloves, purses, and belts made from exotic animal skins to those ...