Draper Natural History Museum

Draper Natural History Museum staff and volunteers conduct long-term ecological research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and keep up with all the wildlife and science news and issues related to this world-renowned, natural treasure. Keep up with Draper Museum fieldwork and Greater Yellowstone news and information here.

Two Scrub-jays side by side, with one feeding the other.
May 8, 2019

Cooperative Breeding: Helpers at the Nest

Cooperative breeding, also called communal breeding, occurs in about 3% of the world’s bird species. This happens when more than two birds…

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Chiffchaff Gleaning for Insects
May 6, 2019

Hunting Methods of Insect Eating Birds

Insect Diets Insects supplement or make up the major part of the diets of many birds from small perching birds to raptors….

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April 10, 2019

Northern Harriers: The Hawks That Resemble Owls

How Northern Harriers are Similar to Owls A Northern Harrier flies low over the grasslands with a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds following…

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April 4, 2019

Museum Minute: Eruptions of the Snowy Owl

It is unusual to find a snowy owl in Wyoming because they breed in the arctic tundra and usually spend their entire…

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March 27, 2019

Dinosaurs in the Draper

The speaker for the March 2019 Draper Museum Lunchtime Expedition, Public Relations Specialist and Dino-educator, Andrew Rossi, of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center…

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Seagull Enjoying the Otter’s Catch
March 25, 2019

Kleptoparasites: Pirates in the World of Birds

Morality of Surviving In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin revealed that he wished the Bald Eagle had not been chosen…

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