Wyoming | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/wyoming/RSS feed for WyomingenTue, 14 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000One of the American West's Most Iconic Birds Is Attempting to Mate Near a Dangerous Airport. Could Robo-Birds Help Save Them?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-of-the-american-wests-most-iconic-birds-is-attempting-to-mate-near-a-dangerous-airport-could-robo-birds-help-save-them-180988542/Conservationists are deploying dancing animatronic birds to lure male greater sage grouse away from the Jackson Hole Airport, where dozens of the creatures have been struck and killed by planesTue, 14 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-of-the-american-wests-most-iconic-birds-is-attempting-to-mate-near-a-dangerous-airport-could-robo-birds-help-save-them-180988542/See 15 Wild and Wondrous Photographs of Yellowstone National Parkhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/see-15-wild-and-wondrous-photographs-of-yellowstone-national-park-180987952/Take a virtual tour of the nation’s first—and some say most beautiful—national parkWed, 04 Mar 2026 18:04:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/see-15-wild-and-wondrous-photographs-of-yellowstone-national-park-180987952/Scientists Finally Know What This 'Mummified' Dinosaur Looked Likehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-finally-know-what-this-mummified-dinosaur-looked-like-180987585/A recent study suggests the unique geology of an area in Wyoming makes it a trove of unusually preserved fossilsThu, 30 Oct 2025 19:47:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-finally-know-what-this-mummified-dinosaur-looked-like-180987585/Journey Into a Prehistoric Cave That Trapped and Entombed Animals for Millenniahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/journey-into-a-prehistoric-cave-that-trapped-and-entombed-animals-for-millennia-180986775/The animals that plummeted 85 feet into Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave provide a layered history of life dating back to the PleistoceneThu, 12 Jun 2025 11:00:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/journey-into-a-prehistoric-cave-that-trapped-and-entombed-animals-for-millennia-180986775/A Trove of Ice Age Fossils Buried in a Wyoming Cave Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Prehistoric Animalshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/trove-ice-age-fossils-buried-in-wyoming-cave-rewriting-understanding-prehistoric-animals-180986577/At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was like during the PleistoceneWed, 14 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/trove-ice-age-fossils-buried-in-wyoming-cave-rewriting-understanding-prehistoric-animals-180986577/Male Offspring of Grizzly 399—the 'World's Most Famous Bear'—Killed by Vehicle in Grand Teton National Parkhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/male-offspring-of-grizzly-399-the-worlds-most-famous-bear-killed-by-vehicle-in-grand-teton-national-park-180986602/The 5-year-old boar known as Grizzly 1058 was part of a rare litter of four cubs born in 2020Fri, 09 May 2025 19:24:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/male-offspring-of-grizzly-399-the-worlds-most-famous-bear-killed-by-vehicle-in-grand-teton-national-park-180986602/Threatened Birds Are Trying to Mate Near a Hazardous Airport in Wyoming. Can Papier-Mâché Decoys Lure Them to Safety?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/threatened-birds-are-trying-to-mate-near-a-hazardous-airport-in-wyoming-can-papier-mache-decoys-lure-them-to-safety-180986587/At Grand Teton National Park, officials have placed handmade look-alikes in a field south of the runway to encourage greater sage-grouse to relocateWed, 07 May 2025 21:02:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/threatened-birds-are-trying-to-mate-near-a-hazardous-airport-in-wyoming-can-papier-mache-decoys-lure-them-to-safety-180986587/Enormous, Crocodile-Sized Amphibians Mysteriously Died Together in Wyoming 230 Million Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enormous-crocodile-sized-amphibians-mysteriously-died-together-in-wyoming-230-million-years-ago-180986366/Paleontologists found a group of four-legged Triassic creatures preserved in the same bone bed—but they don’t know what killed the animalsThu, 03 Apr 2025 18:36:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enormous-crocodile-sized-amphibians-mysteriously-died-together-in-wyoming-230-million-years-ago-180986366/Grizzly Bears Are Emerging From Their Dens in Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Parkshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/its-officially-grizzly-bear-season-in-yellowstone-grand-teton-national-parks-180986326/Adult males are waking up from their winter hibernation—and they're on the hunt for foodFri, 28 Mar 2025 14:57:57 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/its-officially-grizzly-bear-season-in-yellowstone-grand-teton-national-parks-180986326/This 120-Year-Old Police Docket Documented Crimes Like Reckless Horse Ridinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-120-year-old-police-docket-documented-crimes-like-reckless-horse-riding-180985985/Discovered in a thrift store, the historic docket lists incidents that occurred in the town of Casper, Wyoming, in 1904—including “reckless riding [of a horse]” and “keeping a house of prostitution”Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:58:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-120-year-old-police-docket-documented-crimes-like-reckless-horse-riding-180985985/