Faux leather made from fungi, apples and grape skins has been used by veteran vegan fashion designers like Stella McCartney ...

The species was discovered in the mountains of Papua New Guinea and is named after the Latin word meaning “small clown,” according to a study.

In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in the hairy hides of animals like deer or boar to act […] ...

French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or ...

“In historical library catalogues, the skin is described as being made from ... on the covers was found to differ from that of either animal.” Now, analysis of the covers reveals the distant ...