A surge in the number of dinosaur discoveries in recent decades has led to the announcement of species new to science every few weeks. According to Dr. Michael D’Emic, “This mountain of new information has allowed paleontologists to take a closer look at dinosaurs, and every year we understand more about how they lived, grew, […]
“Sagebrush grasslands cover expansive areas of the western United States and provide critical habitat to hundreds of vertebrate species,” says Dr. Brian Mealor, Director of the University of Wyoming’s (UW) Research and Extension Center in Sheridan, Wyoming. But this ecosystem—often referred to as the “sagebrush sea”—is changing. Mealor identifies non-native grasses, predominantly downy brome, or […]
Over the course of six years of fieldwork, conservation photographer, author, and public lands defender Dave Showalter traversed the eastern half of the sagebrush ecosystem. Part of that project included assignment work with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition on the Absaroka-Beartooth Front surrounding Cody, Wyoming. The striking photographs he created during that time immerse the viewer […]