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.
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…
“That bird’s as big as you are!”
By Sarah the Intern I was so excited when Melissa told me we were finally going to have me hold Suli the…
A raptor update is needed!
By Sarah the Intern I have spent so much time and space on this blog talking about the raptors themselves, that I…
The equal-opportunity grump: our great horned owl
By Sarah the Intern Teasdale the great horned owl was the second bird to stand on my glove. He slowly and reluctantly…
A Boy and His Bird, or more accurately, a red-tailed hawk who tolerates the presence of a boy
By Sarah the Intern It was earlier in my experiences with the birds, probably around my first week, when a woman asked…
Four score and seven years ago, we chose to go to the moon and I had a dream. (There were birds in it and I was in my underwear)
By Sarah the Intern I knew this day would come…kind of like how you know you’re going to have high blood pressure…