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.

Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild: March 2, 2012
02 March, 2012: I’ve often said that ecology is not rocket science…it’s far more complex. Ecology is the scientific study of the…

Update time! Healing a peregrine falcon wrist
Well, as part of my resolution to be better about blogging, this is my second post in a week. Woohoo! Not a…

Seriously? It’s been a month? Wait… almost two!
What can I say? Apparently I’m not very good at blogging. I thought it would be so easy to sit down at…

Welcome to ‘Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild’
Living and working in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) is a wonderful privilege, complete with many spectacular rewards and more than a…

Super Model Time for our avian stars!
The birds have had some great press recently which has made them even more popular at the Center. We have established a…

The first outreach program for our raptors
Today was a big day for us! The birds had their first outreach program outside the Center! To date they’ve been seen…