Where to find animal bones

Really cool fox find! Half mummified really interesting to see the skull with skin like this. At first i really wasn’t sure what i was looking at😆

Each skull has a story to tell. It can tell us what the animal ate, which senses it used to hunt or find food, and whether it was the predator or prey. Through scientific investigation, we can unravel the mysteries in a skull and learn more about the animal when it was alive. To read the story of the skull, you need to be able to identify and analyze the clues left behind. To understand the clues, you need to know the language of skulls. Imagine you are walking through a National Forest and…

This comprehensive introduction to animal anatomy is for artists who want to draw authentic-looking animals from their imagination. Marshall demonstrates that the core of this skill is in knowing animal bones and muscles, constructing them as three-dimensional forms, and practicing these disciplines until they become easy enough to let your impulses take over. He uses hundreds of drawings to show the major components of various animals, how their anatomy works, and how to draw them so that…

A mole, a vole or a shrew? What could those bones in your owl pellet possibly be? Download our free bone identification guide to solve the mystery!

This beginners guide to animal bone identification has been written by Chris Faine and is one of a series of introductory guides published by the community archaeology network, Jigsaw. Animal bone is one of, if not the, most commonly recovered finds material from archaeological sites. Identifying the full range of species that you could potentially find

Safely handle, clean, and prepare animal bones for display Bones and skulls make great decor and jewelry, but it's important to clean them first to make sure they're safe to handle. The process may be slow, taking anywhere from several...

So now that we have covered many of the historical and modern uses of animal remains, how do you go about acquiring them? The good news is, you have several options to legally and ethically acquire bones, furs, feathers, teeth, and claws, you just have to know where to look! I understand not everyone has access to large expanses of woods to find animal remains or trekking through a forest looking for bone may not be your thing. I get it! And because of the internet, it's now easier than ever…

Coyote skull and possible hawk feathers