Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center, Wildlife education center in West Yellowstone, Montana, US

The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is a wildlife museum in West Yellowstone near Yellowstone National Park. It features grizzly bears, wolves, otters, and birds living in settings designed to look like their natural habitats.

Lewis S. Robinson founded the center, which opened in 1993 as the Grizzly Discovery Center with three bears. Ogden Entertainment bought it in 1995 and added a wolf exhibit with ten captive-born wolves in 1996. In 1999 three managers formed a non-profit and bought it for $1.7 million; AZA accreditation followed in 2001, and the center took its current name in 2002.

The center tells the story of how bears and wolves fit into people's lives in this region through its displays and educational programs. Visitors learn why these animals matter to the communities nearby and how people and predators can coexist.

The center is easy to reach on foot in downtown West Yellowstone and has clear signage guiding visitors through the exhibits. Plan to spend a few hours exploring, as crowds tend to grow during warmer months when tourism peaks.

The center's ground squirrels, unlike its bears, do follow natural cycles: they emerge in March and return to hibernation in August. The bears themselves are all nuisance animals or the orphaned cubs of nuisance bears, taken in rather than bred. Staff hide food around the habitat and stock the pond with fish so the bears forage and catch food as they would in the wild.