The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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Untold numbers of scientists have explored and analyzed the history of Yellowstone National Park's famous geology, flora and fauna. They've written books and papers, given talks and penned newspaper columns. Each account adds a bit more to the park's unique evolution above and below ground. Now one of the newest sequences of the park's history is unfolding not in an Imax movie of a steaming caldera but in five feet of sediment from the bottom of a lake. And this one is layered like a parfait -...
Viewers see a newborn moose calf struggling to stand mere seconds after it entered the world. The sun shines and the wind blows through a nearby pine tree. As the calf’s mother licks its back, cleaning amniotic fluid away from its fur, the newborn lifts its back legs and tumbles. It’s one of the most intimate moments a human can witness in the animal world. And researchers have a six-minute video taken not by a human, but by a small camera similar to a GoPro attached to the mother’s neck. “Watc...
