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Gray wolf skull. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. DRA.305.71

Treasures from Our West: Gray wolf skull

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Originally featured in Points West in Summer 2009 Gray wolf skull Collections serve different purposes in different types of museums. Biological and paleontological specimens in natural history museums provide us with the record of life on earth. This record reveals changes in the presence, distribution, and relative abundance of plants and animals through time. It […]

On July 18, Dr. David Jachowski discusses the struggle to save the black-footed ferret. Photo courtesy D. Jachowski.

Center of the West and Greater Yellowstone Coalition partner in wildlife program series

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This summer, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition partner to offer a series of evening programs that focus on some of the region’s iconic wildlife. The wildlife program series takes place July 18, 22, and 30 at the Center of the West. Each begins at […]

Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy National Park Service.

Yellowstone Corner: 2005 Greater Yellowstone Wildlife Adventure – Points West Online

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Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2005 By Charles R. Preston, PhD, Senior Scientist and Curator Emeritus, Draper Natural History Museum “There’s one…no two…wait, there are five of them!” It was about 6:30 a.m. near the turnoff to the Slough Creek campground in the northeastern corner of Yellowstone National Park. An early June drizzle had […]