Little Bear Effigy Mound is pictured at the Effigy Mounds National Monument in 2004. The mound shows a four-legged animal and is outlined in small pebbles. The monument was designated in 1949 and ...

Ranger Brian Gibbs went viral on social media after announcing he'd lost his job at Iowa's Effigy Mounds in federal layoffs.

Effigy Mounds preserves 206 mounds, 31 of which are specifically called effigies – mounds in the shape of bears or birds. The largest earthen mound located here is called Great Bear Mound.

Others are effigy mounds taking the shapes of birds and bears. It's likely that ancient peoples returned to the area for hundreds, if not thousands, of years for mound building during the Woodland ...

Gibbs' Facebook post announcing his sudden departure quickly went viral, garnering more than 73,000 reactions, 11,000 comments and 180,000 shares — something the former Effigy Mounds education ...

The NPS did not immediately respond to NPR's questions about the decisions that went into the recent firings. Little Bear Effigy Mound is pictured at the Effigy Mounds National Monument in 2004. The ...