The bison of Yellowstone National Park are unique in that they co-exist in close proximity to the geothermal activity of the landscape. At the next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition, Mary Meagher, retired National Park biologist, discusses the history of these bison along with their past and present relationship to their habitat in the […]
The next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition features Dennis Knight, PhD, a botanist who specializes in vegetation ecology. The free talk takes place on Thursday, May 5 at 12:15 p.m. in the Coe Auditorium of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. The talk is titled The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes: […]
Author and naturalist Doug Coffman sheds new light and perspective on one of the country’s most historic wildlife dioramas at the next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. The story is the subject of a 2013 documentary book written by Coffman. The free lecture takes place April 7, […]
At the next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition, Steven W. Buskirk, PhD, discusses the subject of his recently-published book, Wild Mammals of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. Following the free lecture, Buskirk signs copies of the book, available for purchase at the Center Store. The talk takes place in the Buffalo Bill Center of […]
What do William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Gifford Pinchot, and Horace Albright have in common? All had significant, though differing, roles in shaping modern land use in the American West. At the Draper Natural History Museum’s next Lunchtime Expedition, speaker Jeremy Johnston shares insights into the lives and legacies of Cody, Pinchot, and Albright. The […]
Gretchen Hurley had to learn to rappel to access Natural Trap Cave near Lovell, Wyoming. A geologist with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), she is now the BLM Lead with an international team of paleontologists, paleobotanists, and scientists studying ancient climates and DNA at the site. At the next Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime […]