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.

Brandon and Suli
June 11, 2012

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…

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June 4, 2012

A bird in the hand is worth two Facebook posts (at least at first)

By Sarah the Intern It wasn’t until the second day, when Melissa let us hold Teasdale the great horned owl, that it…

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May 31, 2012

Passing the torch of blogging to interns

Okay, in case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been a bit busy lately. Since my last post we had our International Migratory Bird…

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A curious--and hungry--youngster
May 25, 2012

Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild: May 25, 2012

Wow! We finally got a break last week from the hot, dry spring weather with two days of rain, and today we…

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Great Blue Heron in Oklahoma (detail)
May 6, 2012

Catching up after vacation

I managed to squeeze in a quick vacation before we really get under way with the summer programs. Unfortunately, I really didn’t…

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Golden eagle nest
April 26, 2012

Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild: April 26, 2012

In my last blog post, I discussed trophic cascades and humility in the face of the complexity of nature. We’re in the…

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