Catch me if you can! Fearless fox plays chase with two bison in Yellowstone National Park The trio darted back and forth in the snow as they chased each other and played for ten minutes The moment was captured by photographer and novelist Jon Albert who lives near Yellowstone National Park He said the bison … Read more
Tourists in Yellowstone National Park caused a dangerous stampede by getting too close to a herd of bison. The giant creatures were caught on video approaching a river before breaking into a stampede that kicked up dust and threatened to steamroll right over bystanders. A witness said tourists kept inching closer to the herd, despite … Read more
In the dead of night, bull elks are going head-to-head to win the affection of the females in the herd – and the ritual has been captured in a video. Yellowstone National Park released footage of a ‘bull fight,’ complete with the clanging of antlers and grunting of two males tussling in the wilderness. Officials … Read more
California woman, 72, is gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park after repeatedly approaching the wild animal to take its photograph Incident occurred at the Bridge Bay Campground, 30 miles from Yellowstone’s east entrance, last Thursday evening Woman was airlifted to hospital, and her current condition is unknown Last month, another woman was attacked … Read more
Yellowstone National Park’s supervolcano fuels famous geysers, mudspots and fumaroles, but new finds suggest the volcanic caldera’s power is waning. Scientists discovered two colossal super-eruptions 8.7 and 9 million years ago, which reveals the massive volcano, on average, erupted once every 500,000 years. Because the park has only experienced two similar events in over the … Read more
Nearly a dozen earthquakes shook parts of Yellowstone National Park in just 24 hours on Friday, May 29. The US Geological Survey reported 11 quakes in West Yellowstone Montanan, with tremors ranging from 1.6 to 3.1 magnitude on the Richter scale. The tremors were about three miles deep and hit 15 miles outside of the … Read more
Woman suffers burns after illegally entering Yellowstone National Park during shutdown and ‘falling backwards into a hot spring while taking pictures’ A woman who entered Yellowstone National Park illegally on Tuesday suffered burns when she fell into a hot spring Yellowstone has been shut off to the public since March 24 amid the ongoing coronavirus … Read more
A surging bison population in Yellowstone National Park is doing serious and steady damage to the park’s biological diversity. A team of researchers from Oregon State University, Corvallis studied the animal’s effects on the park’s landscape, focusing primarily on the Lamar Valley, an area on the park’s eastern edge. The team analyzed data spanning more … Read more
An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been inflating and deflating by several inches over the past decade The Norris Geyser Basin, the park’s oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 – an unusual event that … Read more
These rare black-and-white images chart the history of one of America’s most short-lived airlines. They show the fleet and passengers of National Parks Airways (NPA), which operated for a mere 10 years, between 1927 and 1937, in Utah, Idaho and Montana. It would eventually capitalise on the boom in Yellowstone National Park tourism and ferry … Read more