237:, documenting the lives of Yellowstone gray wolves. Several of Ronanâs images, taken during the course of this project, were selected for publishing in the May 2016 issue of National Geographicâa special issue dedicated to the park, titled âYellowstone: Americaâs Wild Idea.â His image, depicting three gray wolves feeding on a bison carcass in a snowstorm, went on to be selected for National Geographic's 52 Best Images of 2016âa contest, âcurated from 91 photographers, 107 stories, and 2,290,225 photographs.â Another of Ronan's wolf images, a photo of a lone wolf standing in the Yellowstone River over a bison carcass, was selected as part of a photo exhibit by National Geographic titled
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