by George Bumann | Oct 25, 2025 | Animal Language, Featured animal language, Yellowstone Wildlife
A surprise visit from a mountain lion motherShe sees us and she knows we see her. Her pink tongue pulses against the uprights of her ivory white canines. Her eyes fixate on us, her body frozen in the summer heat. Millenia of behavioral evolution swirls within her...
by George Bumann | Sep 29, 2025 | Adventures, Animal Language, Experiencing Yellowstone
A Simple Trip to the Post OfficeI just went for the mail. Literally, I just went to the post office, and out of that entry into Mammoth Hot Springs came one of the craziest wildlife encounters I’ve ever had in my two and a half decades of living and working in...
by George Bumann | May 26, 2025 | Experiencing Yellowstone, Yellowstone Wildlife
On a recent off-trail meander on Yellowstone’s northern range, Jenny and I found ourselves rerouting around a hill to avoid a group of bison. The terrain forced us to loop wide, and as we came around the far side of the hill, something unexpected happened—we crossed...
by George Bumann | Jul 1, 2024 | Art, Sculpture stories
I sculpted Wolf 21 to honor a friend. During our early days in Yellowstone, I quickly came to recognize the two-toned, black-over-gray identifying marks of the alpha male of the Druid Peak pack, but additionally, and I might say, most poignantly, I got to know...
by George Bumann | Jul 11, 2023 | Art, Sculpture stories
It's time for a sculpture update to show you the new pieces I've been working on. I hope you enjoy the new work coming from the studio! I'm pleased to say that I'm now nearing the completion of my first book on animal language (with Greystone Books), and will soon...
