Nature & Wildlife
5 Apex Predators and Where to Find Them
An apex predator is the hardcore animal at the top of its food chain, the baddest of the bad, with few or no natural predators in its ecosystem.
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Nature & Wildlife
10 Reasons to Visit Yellowstone National Park in Winter
Let’s start by answering the most obvious question: Yes, Yellowstone is open in the winter! In fact, some may say this is the most magical time of year to visit.
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Conservation
The Winter Ecology of Yellowstone: Wildlife Survival Strategies & Adaptations to Climate Change
In the shadow of Yellowstone’s ancient and dense pine forests, a sage grouse burrows beneath a blanket of deep snow. Guided by starlight, a snowshoe hare drifts through the frost-covered grasslands like a snowy specter—swift-footed and sure.
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Nature & Wildlife
What Makes Yellowstone’s Wild Wolves So Captivating?
Few wildlife encounters compare to watching wolves move through the wide, wild valleys of Yellowstone. On Nat Hab’s Yellowstone wolf-watching adventure, expert naturalist guides help travelers search for these elusive predators while exploring one of North America’s most dynamic winter ecosystems. How Did Wolves Return to Yellowstone National Park?
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Nature & Wildlife
Where to See Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
Wolves have long fascinated wildlife enthusiasts. We tend to view them as truly wild and rugged. Their tendency to live and travel in family packs echoes our own social tendencies. Their stirring nighttime howls, graceful movements and keen sensibilities connect us to our primal selves.
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Travel Tips
From Acadia to Yellowstone: The Best U.S. National Parks to Visit This Summer
We agree with Wallace Stegner: Our national parks are “America’s Best Idea.” These natural sanctuaries call our name when the concrete jungle becomes too oppressive, when we long to take deep, cleansing breaths in fresh air while marveling at the quiet, unassuming wildlife that was here long before we were.
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Nature & Wildlife
New Insights into Animal Behavior
It’s typically said that animal behavior is the result of biology and environment. The responses of wildlife are driven by the primal urges to survive and reproduce; or are triggered by internal or external cues, such as the appearance of a nearby threat.
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Travel Tips
20 Tips for Making the Most of Your National Park Trip
Mountains, seashores, grasslands, wetlands, coral reefs and glaciers. Our national parks protect a multitude of terrains for every taste. And with more than 400 national park units across the country to explore, it can be daunting to choose which one you want to visit the soonest. Luckily, you have help.
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Nature & Wildlife
Lives of Yellowstone: From Large to Small; Ancient to New
Large herbivores—such as bison and elk—have continuously lived in the Yellowstone National Park region for at least 2,300 years, according to a new analysis of chemicals preserved in lake sediments. How have they made their livings and survived for so long?
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Nature & Wildlife
Yellowstone & the Grand Tetons: Wildlife, Wildflowers & Hidden Wonders
Bison, pronghorn and elk amble across Yellowstone’s grasslands. Aspens and willows speckle the forests of pine, spruce, fir and juniper, which shelter grizzlies, black bears, coyotes and gray wolves in their depths, along with three cat species: lynx, bobcats and cougars.
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Conservation
3 Ways to Celebrate International Wolf Day
Like sharks, wolves have an unfair reputation for being villains. Children grow up reading fairy tales about the “big bad wolf.” But in reality, these animals are generally not harmful to humans, as they shy away and avoid any interactions with us.
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Conservation
The Big Bad Wolf: Greater Yellowstone’s Greatest Controversy
Watch Nat Hab’s “The Big Bad Wolf” and Read on for an Exclusive Interview with the Film’s Co-Producer—Wildlife Biologist, Aaron Bott Directed by Andrew Ackerman, “The Big Bad Wolf” follows in the footsteps of Aaron Bott as he tracks wolves (Canis lupus) through snow-covered alpine meadows and beneath the branches of ancient conifers.