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.

Teasdale gives you another look at his facial disk line.
October 15, 2013

My Favorite Facts About Great Horned Owls

It’s a common belief that great horned owls are nocturnal, although they are actually crepuscular, which means they prefer to hunt dusk…

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September 30, 2013

My Favorite Facts About the Red-tailed Hawk

When visitors first see Isham, our red-tailed hawk, often the first thing I hear is, “We have lots of these back home.”…

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September 18, 2013

From beyond the mews . . .

It seems I’m still struggling to keep up with the blog, even though our summer schedule has officially ended. I apologize. This…

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September 2, 2013

September Already?!?!

Holy cow! It’s September!!!! I can hardly believe the summer is gone. Today is the last day of our summer schedule and…

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Image: Camp Monaco Prize, Yellowstone elk. Jim Peaco image for the National Park Service, 2000.
August 30, 2013

Camp Monaco Prize awarded for groundbreaking wildlife migration study in Yellowstone

On Thursday, September 19, an international partnership announced the first winners of a new scientific prize supporting biodiversity studies in the Greater…

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August 6, 2013

The End of Summer?? No Way!

Wow, this summer has flown by so, so fast! I can’t believe this is my last week, and sadly that also means…

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