THAYNE — Elk antler racks with 12 points protrude from a blue bin. Murky water hid their base, but with a nearby wall of European mounts, it was an easy guess that there was a skull soaking in the tub ...

Reader warning: The above video contains graphic content. Anthony Petrosino, an electrician for most of his life, got into the European skull mount business about five years ago. His business, West ...

DULUTH, Minn.—The steel building where Allen Edberg works on furs is lit by only two light bulbs dangling on long cords from the ceiling. When you enter on a bright winter day, you will need to pause ...

DEER LODGE — Trina Kent caught a big whiff of the meat-eating beetles’ distinctive aroma and set a boundary or two. “I said, ‘I will do everything else, the billing and the Internet stuff, but I’m ...

DEER LODGE – Celeste Davis won’t let her husband Todd Davis in the house without stripping down after spending time at his favorite hobby. Then again, she’s justified. That’s because Todd Davis is in ...

Nov. 24—WASILLA — Before he had millions of flesh-eating beetles, Ron Sheldon's taste in insects was more conventional. "I've always been a bee person. I grew up with bees," said Sheldon, a native of ...

Steve Stahl climbed up the thin ladder to the second story of his two-car garage and then walked into a specially built room where his dermestid (flesh-eating) beetles are kept. He lifted a screen off ...

LYLE, Wash. — The idea of beetles stripping flesh from bones sounds like the plot of a horror movie but, in the case of a Lyle business, it is how beautiful pieces of art are created. "They do not ...

Michelle Steevens displays a cow skull and goat hide on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Catherine Creek Hides, her new business in Union. UNION — Few tasks give Michelle Steevens of Union a greater ...

Eww! What a smelly job. "It's not for everyone," said Jay Eberly, standing in his Manheim shop, making one of the biggest understatements I have heard in some time. Eberly, 52, is an avid archery ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- The steel building where Allen Edberg works on furs is lit by only two light bulbs dangling on long cords from the ceiling. When you enter on a bright winter day, you will need to ...

LYLE, Wash. (AP) - The idea of beetles stripping flesh from bones sounds like the plot of a horror movie but, in the case of a Lyle business, it is how beautiful pieces of art are created. “They do ...