How to Avoid Crowds in Yellowstone
The 2.2 million acres of Yellowstone National Park are filled with remarkable sights and wildlife. They are also filled with an annual total of over 4 million visitors, most of whom are in the park between mid-May to the end of September. The crowds, limited parking, and heavy traffic can add to the stress of a visit and disconnect us from the magic of an encounter with Yellowstone wilderness. Yet even on the busiest day of the summer, you can still find intimate moments in the Park.
Kevin’s Corner: For Everything, There is a Season
This is a time for paying attention to rebirth.
I have been noticing lone female Elk and Pronghorn quite a bit in the past week and a half. With both species being herd animals, …
Find Where the Wild Things Are this Summer with Wildlife Expeditions
What’s your earliest memory of a national park? Who were you with? What season was it? What was the best adventure of that trip? Is it time to make new memories in one of these special places? …
Summers at the Murie Ranch are Back!
The Murie Ranch is open to visitors again this summer, with public tours offered daily Monday through Friday at 11:30 am!
Celebrate Spring with Community Science
At Teton Science Schools, we embrace a culture of lifelong learning. So it’s only natural that when we create an opportunity to connect through citizen and community science, we look forward to it with enthusiasm. …
Making the Most of Mud Season
It’s spring! What does the season call to mind for you? Baby animals? Tulips? Puddle jumping? Green grass? Sneezing?!
In the vicinity of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, Teton Science Schools’ home base, …
Kevin’s Corner: Don’t Miss a Thing
As our days are getting longer and warmer at the end of March, the snow in the southern part of the valley around the town of Jackson, Wyoming has been melting fast.
When we have 43 degree and sunny days in the middle of March, …
Wildlife Calendar of Grand Teton and Yellowstone
In an ecosystem with the dramatic seasonal temperature swings of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, the landscape and wildlife can look remarkably different from month to month. If you have only visited the parks in one season, …
Mountain Academy Students Remind Drivers to Look Both Ways so Elk Can Cross Safely
When one of the Mountain Academy 4th and 5th grade classes learned that the highway near their school is a problematic area for wildlife-vehicle collisions, they wanted to do something about it. Bari Bucholz, their science teacher, …
Welcome to the Subnivean Zone!
Bring the wonders of winter into your teaching with our upcoming virtual snow science workshop. Dig into the foundations of snow science using materials we’ll send you ahead of the workshop and learn ways it can be used to explore and introduce concepts in elementary and secondary science. …
