Wolves: Photography by Ronan Donovan

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Wolves and wolf pups walking along a sand bar in the middle of water with mountains in the background
Photography by Ronan Donovan

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- Free with paid Museum Admission
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Since 2014, Ronan Donovan, a National Geographic Explorer and photographer, has examined the relationship between wild wolves and humans in order to better understand the animals, our shared history, and what drives the persistent human-wolf conflict.

Beginning September 17, 2024, this moving exhibition features Ronan Donovan’s striking images and videos of wild wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Ellesmere Island in the high Canadian Arctic. “Wolves: Photography by Ronan Donovan”, created by National Geographic Society and the National Museum of Wildlife Art, highlights the contrast between wolves that live in perceived competition with humans, in the Yellowstone area, and wolves that live without human intervention, in the Canadian Arctic. As wolves in North America are increasingly under threat due to recent extreme wolf-control laws, and humans continue to impinge on the land and food sources that these animals need to survive, Donovan’s compelling photographs inspire a better understanding of these often misunderstood animals.

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the National Geographic Society and the National Museum of Wildlife Art, and supported through the patronship of Jacques Marie Mage.
 

Wolves in the foreground and bison in the background with mountains and a sunset behind them
Helicopter hovering in the air above wolves making tracks in the snow
White wolf leaning over a tan wolf cub emerging from a hole in the ground
Photographer with a camera around their neck, holding the top of a thermos and standing by an off-road vehicle with a thermos on top

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Yellow rectangle outline to the left of National Geographic next to an outline in black of a bison to the left of National Museum of Wildlife Art

Lead Patron

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