The Latest Breaking News from Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park reveals the true identity of the black specks found atop of snow, and commenters are glad to hear the explanation.

The National Park Service on Sunday reminded tourists, in a bizarre way, that Yellowstone National Park’s bison are dangerous and need to be afforded a wide berth.

Some of the world's most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are set to disappear by 2050 due to global warming, whatever the temperature rise scenario, according to a UNESCO report.

The park began allowing regular visitor traffic along the Northeast Entrance Road on Saturday for the first time since it closed the entrance in response to severe weather.

The northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park will open to all traffic Saturday, even as road repair continues because of historic flooding in June

As Nichole Schwend weaves through the basalt rocks that litter Celebration Park, she points to faint engravings on the dark desert rocks and asks visitors what they see.

Last week in Yellowstone National Park, I encountered the smallest of bison jams, caused by a single bison that appeared to play crossing guard after the fact.

Acting recklessly around bison isn’t reserved only for the “tourons” of Yellowstone National Park, stupidity exists outside the park, too.

As a tour group in Yellowstone National Park approached the Excelsior Geyser, it came upon the unusual sight of a park ranger with a fishing rod casting into the steaming spring pool.