Yellowstone - National Wildlife Federation


Yellowstone

Intro to Yellowstone

What is the Wildlife Acre program?

Yellowstone

The greater Yellowstone ecosystem provides unique homes for wildlife species ranging from bighorn sheep to bald eagles.

Wildlife

Gray Wolf
Mountain Lion
Black Bear
Grizzly Bear
Wolverine
Lynx
Elk
Buffalo

Pronghorn
Mule Deer
White-tailed Deer
Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Goat
Bald Eagle
Whooping Crane

Ecosystems
Alpine Tundra
Coniferous Forest
Mountain Meadows
Sage-steppe Grasslands
Riparian Areas

The buffalo is most active in early morning and late afternoon, but sometimes also on moonlit nights. In the midday heat, it rests, chewing its cud or dust-bathing. This animal commonly rubs its horns on trees, thrashes saplings and wallows in the dirt. A good swimmer, it is so buoyant that head, hump and tail remain above water. American buffalo will stampede if frightened, galloping at up to 32 miles per hour. The American buffalo feeds on grasses, sedges and forbs, and sometimes on berries, lichens and horsetails; in winter, it clears snow from vegetation with its hooves and head.

Seeking Safe Passage - Scientists are increasingly discovering the benefits of protecting wildlife corridors, like those in the Yellowstone ecosystem, that connect isolated wildlife habitats.

A Top Dog Takes Over - Exterminated from Yellowstone National Park eight decades ago, gray wolves are back — and boosting the park's biodiversity.

Rebirth of Yellowstone's Wolves - The saga of the first wolf pups born in the region in seven decades

Clash of the Carnivores - What happens when the hunters become the hunted at Yellowstone?

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