• Visitors stand on the boardwalk of Grand Prismatic, the park's largest hot spring which is ringed with orange, brown and yellow runoff channels.

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

V is for Vole

A meadow vole hides by some leaves near the ground.

The meadow vole is a little rodent that likes to hide in tunnels under the grass. If you ever see a coyote pouncing on something in the grass it might be a meadow vole.

 

Did You Know?

Bear Cubs

Even though the animals of Yellowstone seem tame they are still wild. Feeding the animals is not permitted in any way, and all visitors must keep 100 yards away from wolves and bears, and 25 yards from other animals.