• 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

Nature & Science

Nature-Related
Fish and Fishing Northern Range Controversy
Geology Wildland Fire in Yellowstone
Hydrothermal Features Online Nature Tours
Natural Highlights

Q & A Regarding Volcanic Activity in Yellowstone

Yellowstone Resources and Issues Handbook: The handbook our naturalists use to answer many basic park questions.

Natural Resource Vital Signs, 2011 (3.5 MB pdf): Yellowstone National Park's report to help park managers and scientists more fully understand the status of important ecological "health indicators."

Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Center: The most up-to-date scientific information about resources in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Bighorn Canyon.

Research Permits: Information for scientists on how to obtain a Research and Collecting Permit.

Spatial Analysis Center uses computerized geographic information to track cultural and natural resources of Yellowstone National Park.

Science-Related
Wildland Fire Wetland Resources
Archeology Investigators' Annual Reports
Archive of Biennial Scientific Conference Proceedings
10th Biennial Scientific Conference
Yellowstone Science - A journal devoted to the natural and cultural sciences
Science Talks in Yellowstone - Online videos of talks presented by scientists involved in research in Yellowstone


Yellowstone Science-Related Links From Non-NPS Sources
The Greater Yellowstone Bibliography - Searchable database containing over 28,900 bibliographic citations to scholarly, popular, professional, and creative literature about the greater Yellowstone region (maintained by the University of Wyoming Libraries).

U.S. Geological Survey site:Yellowstone Volcano Observatory

The following come to us courtesy of Bob Smith, University of Utah:

And courtesy of David Montieth & Contributors:Yellowstone Geysers

National Academy of Sciences & National Research Council Reports

Other Contributors:

  • Wolf Info Wolf Info

    Information on the 2012-13 Wolf Hunt near YNP Read More

  • Yellowstone Videos Yellowstone Videos

    Browse our guide to the park's extensive video collection Read More

  • Explore Yellowstone's Resources & Issues Explore Yellowstone's Resources & Issues

    The handbook our rangers use to answer many basic park questions Read More

  • Yellowstone InDepth Yellowstone InDepth

    Watch our mini documentaries Read More

Did You Know?

Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988

The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.