Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2019–2020 Seldom Seen: Elusive Predators of Yellowstone Country By Mark Davis Bill Hackney was driving on Muddy Mountain near Casper, Wyoming, when something odd caught his […]
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Museum Minute: How Wounds Can Help Tell a Story
Late in the spring a couple years back, Leslie Patten went hiking and came upon something pretty spectacular. When she looked more closely, she saw that it was a dead […]
Phantom in the Mountains – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2007 The Mountain Lion: Phantom in the Mountains By Philip and Susan McClinton Cougar. Puma. Catamount. Panther. Mountain Lion. Painter. Screamer. These […]
Wild Things: Wildlife Animal Arts and Crafts
Art in the Garden this year has been a lot of fun for me and the families that participate in our free activities. Our first week’s theme was Cowboys and […]
Conservation of a taxidermy swallowtail butterfly
This is a report from conservation intern, Laura Siegfried: Visitors to the Draper Natural History Museum may remember the sculpture, at the bottom of the spiral ramp, of a taxidermy […]