draper natural history museum

The western meadowlark is one of the birds featured in the Draper Natural History Museum. Wyoming was the first state to make the meadowlark its state bird in 1927.

The birds have long beaks they use to scarf up ants and beetles on the forest floor, or they drum on tree bark to find bugs.

The Draper Natural History Museum is leading a research project to document pinyon jay habitat, nesting and feeding patterns in the Bighorn Basin.

Pocket gophers get their name from their large fur-lined pockets used to store food.

While ice patches preserve objects intact for long periods of time, the Draper Natural History Museum Curatorial Assistant said as soon as the ice melts things decay quickly. That’s why some objects in the exhibit are replicas.

A display of grizzly bear and mountain lion skeletons took over 750 hours to reconstruct.

“All it takes is 20 milligrams of lead,” said featured speaker Hannah Leonard with Sporting Lead-Free. “That's about the size of a grain of rice or the weight of a ladybug. That is enough lead to kill an adult bald or golden eagle.”

The pinyon jay, a blue, robin-sized bird, can help some species of pine trees regenerate by spreading seeds across the landscape. But the bird’s population is declining and researchers want to know more.

The Wyoming Wildlife Foundation is partnering up with Science Kids, and the Draper Natural History Museum, to provide a hands-on course for kids to help…

On Wednesday, August 12, a virtual reading will feature authors of the new book, Voices of Yellowstone's Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the…