Blue Fungus, Red Forests

To the Arctic 3D

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To the Arctic 3D takes you on a never before seen journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.

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Birds and Wildlife on the North Platte River

With Museum naturalist Jeff Stephenson, explore 32 miles of the North Platte River, bordered by spectacular bluffs. In one mellow afternoon you may see deer, antelope, blue herons, pelicans, and bald eagles.

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July 29, 2010
They're small -- about the size of a grain of rice -- but the tiny pine bark beetle has killed over three million acres of lodgepole pine in Colorado and Wyoming.

In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Frank Krell explains how the combination of pine bark beetles, fungus, and people have turned many of the green forests in Colorado into a blanket of rust red.