Disney and the National Park Foundation invite you to see the new film "Bears" during opening week, April 18-24, 2014. This just happens to be National Park Week, and when you go see the film during this week, Disney will make a donation on your behalf to the National Park Foundation to protect wildlife and wild places.
As the only undammed river in the lower 48 states, the Yellowstone River flows 692 miles through Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota.
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on an act dubbed the "No More Parks Act" today, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. This combats the Antiquities Act of 1906 that protected the Grand Canyon from local mining interests.
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Learn about gold mining at the “Home of Mount Rushmore” and truly a “City of Gold.” The quaint town of Keystone is steeped in gold mining history.
Yellowstone National Park was the most recognized winner, getting both the most votes and the most number one votes.
Yellowstone National Park’s owl population is difficult to spot due to their nocturnal habits. However, if you’re lucky, you might catch a glimpse of one of these incredible birds.
Yellowstone is releasing a about 60 tons of helium from underground stores each year, an amount hundreds, possibly thousands, of times more than expected.
View beautiful photos of Yellowstone's geysers and springs then follow these tricks of the trade to make your own photos look like they were taken by a pro.
Follow these tricks of the trade to make your Yellowstone and Grand Teton landscape photographs look like they were taken by a pro.
Follow these tricks of the trade to make your Yellowstone wildlife photographs look like they were taken by a pro.
Before the park's wolf reintroduction, loss of aspen trees in Yellowstone National Park was traced to elk grazing . Now wolves help control the elk population.
Experience Yellowstone in its winter glory, then stop by a warming hut to grab a bite to eat, take a load of your feet and/or get away from the chill.
If you’re lucky in Yellowstone National Park, you’ll get a chance to see one of the park’s most playful inhabitants: the Yellowstone river otter.
Happily, many species of birds in Yellowstone today are success stories, having come back from zero or very low population levels just a few decades ago. Good examples are the osprey, bald eagle, and most recently, the peregrine falcon.
The world’s largest mammoth research facility. Mammoths and other megafauna got trapped in a sinkhole and drown about 26,000 years ago.
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Park administrators recently put the kibosh on plans to shoot bison with “biobullets,” bullets laced with a vaccine to inhibit the spread of disease, saying the scheme was too ineffective to justify the expensive.
Coyotes have mastered a unique pouncing technique that they do while “mousing” in the snow. Watch the video of a fox vs. a coyote hunting for dinner.
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Start in Pleasant Valley then ascend to 6,350 feet.
With two significant Congressional decisions looming in the early new year, it’s possible that the park could quickly find itself in the same position as it was this past fall.
Mining engineer David E. Folsom, and friends Charles Cook and William Peterson, first accurately documented the Yellowstone landscape in 1869.
New research indicates that the grizzly bear has a more diverse diet than previously thought - including pine nuts, elk, bison, berries, trout, and insects - and that food sources available in Yellowstone National Park are sustainable for the bear population.
With geysers hissing and the earth gurgling, it’s no wonder that Yellowstone National Park is home to its share of ghost stories.
Fall can be the best time of year to catch the largest and most beautiful browns of the season.
In March of 2013, officials estimated that just 71 adult wolves reside within Yellowstone’s boundaries, a 14-year low and less than half of 2007’s total.
The trip E.H. Harriman, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, and Frank J. Haynes, president of Monida & Yellowstone Stage Line, made to Yellowstone National Park in 1905, led to the existence of the town of West Yellowstone.
U.S. Army cavalry men protected the park from poachers and those looking to exploit its natural resources before the National Park Service 32 years later.
On Aug. 17, 1959 the earth around Yellowstone shook. At 11:37 p.m. a 7.3 magnitude earthquake devastated Hebgen Lake, Montana, located in Yellowstone’s northwestern region—in comparison, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti registered at a 7.0 magnitude.
There are moments where Yellowstone can feel positively crowded.
Old Faithful’s predictability is the exception; most geysers give little warning when they’re about to blow. The result, of course, is a surprise steam-and-water show. And in the case of Steamboat Geyser, there’s no other show like it Earth.
Yellowstone is home to a few natural spas the mix with creeks, making them worthy of a post-hike dip. Your best option? Ferris Fork and Dunanda Falls.
The Yellowstone area has seen tremendous volcanic activity in its past. 3 giant eruptions have occurred between 2.1 million and 640,000 years ago.
Enormous pillows of powder clung to every stump and rock ledge. “I’ve never seen so much snow,” my wife exclaimed.
For three months in the summer of 2007, I was living the dream, and I learned a few tricks of the trade on how you can maximize your time there.
The Yellowstone caldera was formed after an explosion of magma nearly 600,000 years ago.
Yellowstone was the permanent home of one Native American tribe, but racism bred untrue rumors and tales.
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Sept 24, 2013: A series of small earthquakes have been shaking the scenery at Yellowstone. 4 tremors were strong enough for park visitors to feel.
Sept 2013: Researchers believe there are fewer grizzlies in Yellowstone than previously estimated. Are there enough for the bears to be taken off the endangered species list?
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Two hikers who encountered a bear in the Yellowstone backcountry Thursday were treated and released for injuries. The small group of hikers–four in all–were hiking the Cygnet Lakes Trail southwest of Canyon Village where they were charged by a sow.
It’s important to remember that while Yellowstone National Park is beautiful, it’s also dangerous. Summer flash floods and high water can prove perilous.
How will an increase in grizzly population will affect campgrounds in the park?
Helpful tips on choosing the right Yellowstone rafting trip, what to bring, how to stay safe and what to wear.
One scientist tests the theory of mantle plumes by using 200 gallons of corn syrup to represent the Earth's mantle.
What’s the best way to test a bear canister? Recruit a bear to try to open it.
So far in 2013 hunters have killed more wild bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park than any year since 1989. Participation by American Indians, who harvest the animals under long-standing treaty rights, helped to drive the numbers skyward.
Yellowstone National Park has proposed new guidelines for winter use of snowmobiles and snowcoaches within park borders.
According to statistics from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 2012 saw the highest number of grizzly bear deaths in the greater Yellowstone area in the past four years. Researchers recorded a total of 51 bear deaths this year, compared to 44 deaths in 2011, 50 deaths in 2010 and 31 in 2009.
Montana wildlife officials have shut down wolf hunting and trapping in areas bordering Yellowstone.
Over the past few weeks, hunters have killed seven wolves originally from Yellowstone National Park. Each of the wolves wore a GPS research collar, which helps park officials to monitor the wolf packs’ movements.
Due to recent increases in their population, wolves are no longer protected under national government regulations mandated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Outside of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, wolves throughout Wyoming can be shot on sight.
Summer 2012 has seen an unusually high 16 grizzly bear deaths in Yellowstone National Park.
Using thermal satellite images, scientists take the earth’s temperature hundreds of miles away from a destination to hopefully predict volcano eruptions.
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According to the National Park, Yellowstone grizzly bears have begun emerging from their dens in the park.
Predator attacks, a hard winter, and hunting has resulted in a 10% decrease in the Northern Yellowstone elk herd in 2012
Amazing photographs of a total lunar eclipse as seen over Yellowstone National Park in December 2012.
A newly released 'Vital Signs' report from the National Park Service outlines the ecological health of the park in 2010.
A man hunting elk in Grand Teton National Park was attacked by a grizzly bear Sunday Oct. 30th. The hunter, Timothy Hix, of Jackson, escaped the attack suffering minor injuries.
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A photo post about June in Yellowstone National Park. The post contains images of bears, wolves, osprey, bison and landscapes.
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Fishing Wind River Canyon Near Thermopolis, Wyoming. Pete is an obsessed fly fisherman, but who wouldn't be a total trout nut if they lived up here?
Professional photographer Jeff Vanuga, based in Dubois, Wyoming, discusses his career and inspiration and all the years he's spent photographing Yellowstone
How big is Yellowstone Lake? How deep is it? Is it natural? and answers to other questions about the largest lake in our America's first national park.
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In Yellowstone, anglers might be asked to look and not touch until trout numbers bounce back or when the drought ends.
Great museums to visit on your Yellowstone vacation from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center to the Teton Flood Museum and everything in between. Wyoming museums in Casper, Meeteetse, Cheyenne, Gillette, Evanston, Dubois, and Jackson Hole.
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Yellowstone National Park fisheries biologists resort to "netting" and help from anglers to save thinning population of native cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake.
Yellowstone bears are having problems finding chow. In addition to the loss of habitat by the rapid development occurring in the Yellowstone National Park ecosystem, bear researchers are concerned that several important food sources for bears are also in trouble.
Ecotourism in Yellowstone has increased since gray wolves were reintroduced to the ecosystem, boosting local economies by an estimated $5 million per year.
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The state of Wyoming continues to be the odd man out, regarding how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to see western states manage Yellowstone wolves within their borders.
Yellowstone wolves have had no problems hooking up with mates, forming packs and having pups. The original 65 wolves that were introduced to Yellowstone and Central Idaho have grown to 835 wolves.
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If you like hiking, you'll like snowshoeing.