Melissa Milgrom

Journalist Melissa Milgrom explores taxidermy—from the skilled taxidermists at the American Museum of Natural History to the preservers of the animals in Damien Hirst's artworks. In Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy she takes readers into this eccentric, unusual world.

For the three generations the Schwendeman family has been mounting (not stuffing) all types of animals. Writer Melissa Milgrom visits their Milltown, New Jersey taxidermy workshop.