The latest viral video out of Yellowstone National Park is a great reminder of why you should stay 100 yards from bears, and exercise special caution around bridges, rivers and other places where moving around gets riskier and more difficult. The video shows a black bear with cubs running around amidst several tourists on a bridge between Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. and Cooke City, Mont. A worker with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks posted the video on YouTube, and it has received more than 220,000 views as of Monday afternoon. Continue Reading →
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Video captures Yellowstone bison ramming parked vehicle
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Two frequent visitors to Yellowstone National Park ended up on the losing end of a close encounter with a lumbering bison last month when the agitated beast rammed their parked sport utility vehicle. The unexpected collision was captured on video, and the footage has gone viral, as it shows the amazing power of Yellowstone's 2,000-pound behemoths. Continue Reading →
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Pre-ban drone videos offer aerial views of Yellowstone, Grand Teton
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Though it is against Yellowstone National Park regulations to shoot videos using a drone, their use was not specifically prohibited until this summer. A handful of videos posted to YouTube offer a glimpse of why camera drones are so popular with professional photographers and casual visitors. Continue Reading →
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A ‘Primoridial’ look at Yellowstone and Grand Teton
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Filmmaker Charley Voorhis spent three days in Yellowstone National Park and five days in Grand Teton National Park capturing images of wildlife, scenery and weather to create "Primordial," a captivating 7-minute video that offers an intimate and gorgeous portrait of the parks. While in Yellowstone, Voorhis, spent most of his time "trying to dry off after countless storms would roll in and swallow the caldera, then roll out and give me sunshine with dark clouds looming on the horizon," he writes on his blog. Continue Reading →
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Grand Teton bison sums up public reaction to shutdown
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This itchy bison looking to scratch his neck on a roadside barricade in Grand Teton National Park pretty much sums up much of the public reaction to park closures. Continue Reading →
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Video captures Grand Teton showdown between grizzly, wolf pack
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Grizzly bears are formidable predators, and even accomplished hunters like gray wolves will steer clear of them in normal circumstances. But wolves sometimes cooperate in large numbers, so it's possible that a few of them could cause trouble for a single bear. By Jason Ryan's count, 11 wolves are more than enough. That's how many wolves he saw Monday during a hike at Jackson Lake, when a grizzly bear wandered onto the scene. Continue Reading →
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Video captures grizzly bears, other wildlife visiting popular ‘rub tree’
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Researchers in Alberta, Canada have posted a pretty funny video showing a wide range of wildlife—including four grizzly bears at once—visiting a "rub tree" in Kananaskis Country, a park system west of Calgary. Continue Reading →
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Close-up footage of a grizzly bear eating a video camera
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Brad Josephs, a naturalist interpreter specializing in bear biology and ecology, was guiding a trip in Alaska when he set up a GoPro camera and ended up capturing footage of a mother grizzly and her three-year-old son. Continue Reading →
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A gentle wander through the quiet beauty of Yellowstone Park
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Spring is not far off, and after a long winter, Yellowstone National Park fanatics who haven't seen the park since fall are itching to return. For many, the next best thing is a video fix. Seattle filmmaker Nathaniel Maddux has posted a lovely four-minute video tour of Yellowstone featuring moose, bison, a coyote and a lingering look up-close at a bull elk grazing among the trees. Continue Reading →
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Wyoming, Yellowstone and Grand Teton in photos and time-lapse videos
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Two recently posted high-definition videos offer a great look at Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, as well as some of the wild landscapes around the rest of Wyoming. Continue Reading →