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.

A silhouette of Suli, the turkey vulture
August 19, 2012

It’s Update Time! News about our birds

By Sarah the Intern I know what you’re thinking. “Gasp! This isn’t Monday already is it?! I need to go do Monday…

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Suli in her horaltic pose, enjoying the sun in our weathering yard.
August 13, 2012

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Suli the—wait, come back!

By Sarah the Intern So, admittedly, I’ve been a bad intern and didn’t post last week. I know, you’re all terribly disappointed….

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July 30, 2012

The good, the bad, and the really, really adorable

By Sarah the Intern One of the great things about being an intern is that all kinds of folks are looking for…

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July 23, 2012

Squeaky Clean (And a little soggy)

By Sarah the Intern As the summer gets warmer, insects become more numerous. While this influx of arthropods gives Suli, our turkey…

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Lark bunting
July 16, 2012

Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild: July 16, 2012

Summer set in with a vengeance in the Intermountain West through much of June, after some cooling weather and rain at the…

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Isham stares winks at the camera at the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience.

Meet the press! (And try not to strangle them)

By Sarah the Intern Before I came to work for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, public speaking made me nervous…

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