Yellowstone Country is a wildlife watcher's paradise. The region is home to one of the greatest concentrations of wildlife in the lower 48 states—including bears, moose, elk, deer, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, river otters and the largest herd of free-roaming bison in the United States.

313 W Mendenhall St
Bozeman, MT

Wildlife are wild. It's important to keep them that way and to keep yourself safe.

The North American pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the surviving member of a group of animals that evolved in North America during the past 20 million years.

Silver Gate, MT

Moose are the largest members of the deer family in Yellowstone. Both sexes have long legs that enable them to wade into rivers and through deep snow, to swim, and to run fast.

Red Lodge

Red Lodge, Montana, United States

Adult male (bull) weighs close to 1,000 pounds; female (cow) weighs up to 900 pounds; 5½ to 7½ feet at the shoulder. Young weigh 25–35 pounds at birth.

Big Sky

Big Sky, Montana, United States

Ram skulls have two layers of bone above the brain that function as a shock absorber, an adaptation for the collision of head-on fighting that is used to establish dominance between rams of equal horn size, especially during mating.

Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone and are an important species within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Gardiner

Gardiner, Montana, United States

Elk feed on grasses, sedges, other herbs and shrubs, bark of aspen trees, conifer needles, burned bark, aquatic plants.

201 S Canyon St
West Yellowstone, MT

Wolves prey primarily on hoofed animals. In Yellowstone, 90% of winter diet is elk; summer prey consist of more deer and smaller mammals.

Cooke City

Cooke City, Montana, United States

Yellowstone is home to both mule deer and white-tailed deer.

Red Lodge

Red Lodge, Montana, United States

White-tailed deer wave their tail like a white flag when fleeing.

201 S Canyon St
West Yellowstone, MT

As of 2016, an estimated 690 grizzly bears live in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Yellowstone bison are exceptional because they comprise the nation’s largest bison population on public land.

This place we call home is an unparalleled year-round vacation destination.

313 W Mendenhall St
Bozeman, MT

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