Yellowstone National Park

Government and Policy

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to enact appropriations legislation or a continuing resolution, leading to a lapse in funding for non-exempt federal activities....

Travel & Places

To watch on Yellowstone is to follow one of North America’s most iconic landscapes in near real time, using public cameras, ranger reports, and seasonal updates to understand...

Yellowstone History

In 1884, Yellowstone stood as the world’s first nationally protected landscape, three decades after the 1854–1855 Washburn–Langford–Doane expeditions and a decade after...

Celebrity Profiles

Yellowstone National Park generates frequent headlines, from road closures and wildlife encounters to seasonal weather events and scientific research. For travelers, nearby resi...

Travel & Places

Yellowstone 1969 refers to the pivotal year when the National Park Service formally established the natural and cultural resource values that define Yellowstone National Park to...

content

Yellowstone controversy refers to ongoing disputes over land use, resource protection, and governance in and around Yellowstone National Park. These debates involve competing pr...

wildlife-conservation

Bear 711 is a well-documented grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) tracked in Yellowstone National Park, studied extensively for insights into foraging, movement, and survival...

Travel & Outdoors

Yellowstone National Park anchors the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and within it, American bison herds and the Grand Prismatic Spring represent enduring natural patterns. Biso...

Wildlife & Ecosystems

Yes, wolves are present in Yellowstone National Park. After being extirpated by the early 1900s, wolves were reintroduced in 1995 and 1996 through a collaborative federal progra...

travel

A bison fell into a Yellowstone hot spring after entering unstable thermal ground and becoming trapped. Park officials responded to protect public safety and monitored the situa...