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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…