The growing demand for leather goods, and the government's commitment to attracting investors, offers a great opportunity for ...

Iowa Elks Lodges are taking in deer hides which are transformed into physical therapy kits and wheelchair gloves for veterans ...

Steinunn Gunnsteinsdóttir admits that it took her family more than a few attempts to be able to make leather from fish skins. "The first 200 times we just made smelly fish soups," she says.

The substances, known as tannins, will naturally bind to the collagen proteins in a hide, turning it into leather as we know it. Just as they do for trees, the tannins protect hides being turned ...

Clinging to survival with his wife Margaret and their seven children, Breen described the harsh winter weather, the leather hides they resorted to eating, and the deaths of their traveling companions.