This Discovery Laboratory is the beating heart of all that we do in the Draper Natural History Museum. On Tuesday mornings throughout the year, our… Read More
What Does a Museum Curator Do?
What does a Museum Curator do at the Edge of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem? The duties of a curator vary greatly among types of museums… Read More
Moose of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park
Moose in and around Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks When people find out I’m a wildlife biologist living and working here in the Greater… Read More
Golden Eagle Incubation Season 2014
The Bighorn Basin Sagebrush-steppe Ecology Project—Golden Eagle Incubation Season 2014 It’s that time of year again, when Richard Jones, our Golden Eagle Posse citizen science… Read More
Grizzly Bears and Whitebark Pine in Yellowstone
The Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Whitebark Pine As army cutworm moths begin to migrate back to the plains in late summer and early fall, many… Read More
Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Army Cutworm Moths
As temperatures rise, cutthroat spawning wanes, grasses and other plants begin to dry, and elk calves become more capable of avoiding predation in summer months,… Read More
Wolf as Villain or Hero?
Controversy erupted like Old Faithful as soon as talk began about reintroducing the gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park. Unlike Old Faithful, that controversy has never… Read More
Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Cutthroat Trout
Soon after most Greater Yellowstone grizzly bears emerge from their winter dens, cutthroat trout begin to spawn. Today, we recognize cutthroat trout spawning in relatively shallow… Read More
Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Winter-killed Wildlife
Today, February 25, 2014, is a cold, snowy winter day in Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding areas. Here in Cody, Wyoming, we have about… Read More
Grizzly Bear Facts: Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Winter Hibernation Habitat
A few years ago, my wife, Penny, and I were hiking in the early December snow along Wood River, in the eastern margin of the… Read More