Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center

Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is a not-for-profit wildlife park and educational facility Explore Bears: Imagination & Reality, an interactive museum.
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Watch the bears forage for food, play in a cascading waterfall or interact in their habitat with ever-changing enrichment opportunities. Early morning and evening visitors may witness active wolf packs howling. Come nose to nose with otters while getting a complete understanding of the intricacies of the Yellowstone ecosystem in the River Otter Exhibit. Other activities include: Keeper Kid’s (hide

food for the bears), Wolf Enrichment, Bird of Prey presentations, Safety in Bear Country Programs, intriguing films and presentations. Visit the Naturalist Cabin to see exceptional views of two separate wolf packs through floor-to-ceiling windows. See the wolves interact in their diverse habitats and be sure to attend the daily "Pack Chat" and "Wolf Enrichment" programs. Activities and viewing both INSIDE and OUT. OPEN EVERY DAY of the year / GWDC bears DO NOT HIBERNATE. Admission is good for two consecutive days. One block from Yellowstone National Park.

Attention folks!As a part of our ongoing commitment to the care of the animals, the bear pond, stream, and waterfall on ...
06/07/2026

Attention folks!

As a part of our ongoing commitment to the care of the animals, the bear pond, stream, and waterfall on the habitat will be getting a complete resurfacing! Because of the scope and scale of this renovation, on Monday, June 8th, there will not be bears on habitat for the first half of the day. Once concrete work is finished (we’re hopeful that everything will be completed by 1pm) the bears will have access to the habitat again. The bear schedule will resume as normal starting Tuesday.

For those of you planning to visit us Monday June 8th (tomorrow), tickets will be at a reduced rate of $8.75/person while the bears are not on habitat. All tickets are good for two days, so if you aren’t able to stay until bears are back out on habitat, you’ll be able to see them the next day!

Pictured: Grizzly bears Bo (left) and Coram (right) splash around in the bear pond; Bo (left) and Coram (right) relax in the bear pond on habitat.

Congratulations to the winners of our winter raffles!The "Coram & Bo" photograph went to Valerie in MissouriThe “Moe & W...
06/06/2026

Congratulations to the winners of our winter raffles!

The "Coram & Bo" photograph went to Valerie in Missouri
The “Moe & Wade” photograph went to Travis in Colorado

The new raffle items are up in our Naturalist Cabin, and you can learn more about them here: https://www.grizzlydiscoveryctr.org/fundraising-items

Pictured: Summer raffle pieces “Fall Colors” quilt blanket made by Peggy Bucholz and "The Wapiti Lake Pack: Wolves of Yellowstone's Heart" photograph by Kenny Jones.

The wait is over, the baby ground squirrels have arrived! Please help us welcome our newest little additions.
06/04/2026

The wait is over, the baby ground squirrels have arrived! Please help us welcome our newest little additions.

06/03/2026

Do you have some old camping equipment taking up space in your closet?

Throughout the summer, as we celebrate some of our bigger holiday weekends, we will set up mock campsites for the bears to explore. The bears housed at the GWDC are non-releasable due to interactions with humans in the past, and their stories can teach how to keep other bears wild especially when it comes to food. This is an enriching and highly instructive example of what can happen when we leave food and garbage unattended, and helps us keep visitors to the area alert to the responsibilities of camping and picnicking in bear country.

If you have any gear you can donate to the cause, it’s a fun way to contribute to our mission to keep wild bears wild, and it’s enriching for the bears as well. If you have any donations of old camping gear, especially tents, please message us, or email us at [email protected].

The animal keepers, with help from our education crew, set up the first mock campsite of the season. This process allows...
05/28/2026

The animal keepers, with help from our education crew, set up the first mock campsite of the season. This process allows us to educate our visitors on how to stay safe when camping in bear country. It also provides great enrichment for the bears. Bo and Coram explored the area before Coram knocked down the tent and Bo grabbed the watermelon from the picnic table. Bo also learned a good lesson in why you should be careful when opening a carbonated beverage. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. Stay safe this summer!

Happy World Otter Day everyone! We’re celebrating today in classic GWDC fashion: ice treats with frozen fish. Yellowston...
05/27/2026

Happy World Otter Day everyone! We’re celebrating today in classic GWDC fashion: ice treats with frozen fish. Yellowstone is home to a single species of otter, the North American river otter, a semi-aquatic mammal predator found throughout the riparian zones (the transition from land to water) of the park waterways.

You can observe these wonderful animals in person in the riparian building here at the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center! The otters take turns on habitat in groups of 1 or 2, with 10 minute breaks in between so the animal care staff can enrich the space throughout the day so the otters always have something new to investigate while they’re exploring their habitat.

(Pictured: Ice treat with "Happy World Otter Day" spelled out in strips of fish; River otter Moe rests on a log; River otter Aspen uses a log to investigate out of reach enrichment)

As folks are celebrating the start of summer this weekend, it’s important to remember that we’re not the only ones looki...
05/23/2026

As folks are celebrating the start of summer this weekend, it’s important to remember that we’re not the only ones looking for a quick meal!

Over Memorial Day weekend, we’ll be demonstrating the dos and don’ts of camping or picnicking out in bear country to highlight bear safety—with the help of the bears of course! On Sunday, May 24th, there will be a mock campsite set up on habitat so we can observe what might attract a bear to our camps. All of the bears at GWDC were removed from the wild due to learning to get food from human areas, so there are many things they can teach us to help prevent bears in the wild from becoming food conditioned as well.

On Memorial Day, May 25th, there will be container testing throughout the day as a part of our container testing program. This is a good opportunity to see how bears might go about getting into the coolers we use and what it means to be a bear-resistant container, so be sure to ask a Naturalist in red when the next container testing shift will be if you’re visiting with us that day!

We’ll be doing mock campsites and container testing throughout the summer, so don’t feel like you’re missing out if you won’t be here this weekend! For more information on staying bear safe, check out Yellowstone National Park’s backcountry guide: https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/backcountrysafety.htm or talk to staff and attend programs here at the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center!

(Pictured: Grizzly bear Bo helps himself to a picnic set up on habitat; Grizzly bear Coram finds a fish head in a cooler after tearing it open)

Construction on the bear habitat continues while our new foreman keeps a close eye on the progress.
05/21/2026

Construction on the bear habitat continues while our new foreman keeps a close eye on the progress.

World Migratory Bird Day, which took place on May 9th, kicked off a season long celebration and appreciation of bird mig...
05/19/2026

World Migratory Bird Day, which took place on May 9th, kicked off a season long celebration and appreciation of bird migrations that are hitting their peak in the Yellowstone area and will continue well into the summer season. The northern Rocky Mountains is one of the busiest travel corridors for birds during this time as they travel from their winter to summer homes, and brings an impressive diversity and density of birds from small songbirds to large raptors and waterfowl, and everything in between.

The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is home to several representatives of these migratory species, including bald eagles! Visit us to meet eagles Josh and Zack, as well as Lewis, the turkey vulture, and Luta, the red-tailed hawk, pictured here. We are also a great location for spotting native wild birds, and part of a rich local birding loop around Hebgen Lake, Earthquake Lake, and Henry's Lake. Sightings of ruby-crowned kinglets, sandhill cranes, and wild turkey vultures have all been recorded on grounds recently, to name a few examples.

(Pictured in order: Turkey vulture Lewis; Red-tailed hawk Luta; A raven takes flight from a tree on grounds)

We're reaching out to let everybody know that the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is now open from 8:30am to 7pm!
05/16/2026

We're reaching out to let everybody know that the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is now open from 8:30am to 7pm!

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201 S Canyon Street
West Yellowstone, MT
59758

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 7pm
Thursday 8:30am - 7pm
Friday 8:30am - 7pm
Saturday 8:30am - 7pm
Sunday 8:30am - 7pm

Telephone

(406) 646-7001

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