Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2016 The Mountaineers—Big Horn Sheep on Wilcox Pass by Carl Rungius Carl Rungius (1869 – 1959) was a German-born American artist who drew his artistic inspiration from the wildlife and landscapes of the American and Canadian West. Over a two-year period beginning in 1910, he trekked to […]
Bighorn sheep and mountain goats are two of the iconic animals of the rugged mountain ranges of the northern Rocky Mountains. Yet according to wildlife ecologist Dr. Robert Garrott, “They have received little concerted scientific attention.” Garrott is Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Director of the Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management Program at Montana […]
The head of a bighorn sheep peers down on anyone using the computer just below him. It’s almost as if he ran smack-dab through the wall and promptly became stuck, perched high on the office wall. Yes, the sheep belongs to my husband, a trophy from a Wyoming hunt a few years ago. A bighorn […]
Visitors to Wyoming stand a good chance of seeing mule deer and elk while touring the state, and may even be lucky enough to spot bighorn sheep or moose, but the migrations of these and other ungulates are in widespread decline across the globe. At the next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition, Dr. Matthew […]
Want to see Yellowstone wildlife up close? …then go skiing. A quick 50 mile drive west of Cody is our hidden gem of a ski area, Sleeping Giant. Even if you are not a skier or snowboarder (there is also great Nordic skiing and snowshoeing), the drive to the east gate of Yellowstone National Park […]