Inside Yellowstone

In Yellowstone, wildlife watching opportunities abound. Do you know how close you can legally get to bears? How about bison? This video will fill you in on legalities as well as advice on wildlife watching etiquette.

Uinta ground squirrels come out of hibernation in early spring. After just four or five short months, they head back underground and back into hibernation. If you're around while they are above ground, your in for a treat.

Some think Yellowstone was named for the yellow walls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. It was actually named for the river that runs through it.

What happens when a fire starts in Yellowstone? Do Yellowstone forests recover after wildland fires? Watch this video to learn about fire in Yellowstone.

Extreme cold in Yellowstone has led some streams to be fishless. All animals that survive the winter here have adaptations that allow them to do so.

Watch this video to learn what makes the lodgepole pine so common in the park. You'll also find out why they do so well in a place that burns so regularly.

The glacial erratics ended up being of great value to one of Yellowston's native trees. This video will explain how they act as nursery rocks for those trees.

The Madison River starts where the Gibbon and Firehole rivers come together at Madison Junction. The Madison River flows west 23 miles before exiting the park just north of West Yellowstone, MT.

Midway hosts two of the largest thermal features of their types found anywhere in the world. Grand Prismatic is a huge hot spring and Excelsior Geyser is one of the largest geysers that formerly had eruptions 300 feet tall and 300 feet wide.

Biscuit Basin is one of three basins that make up the Upper Geyser Basin. Biscuit Basin is famous for the stone formations that surrounded some of the features prior to the 1959 earthquake.