Digital photography is a valuable data collection tool for wolf biologists and other scientists monitoring Yellowstone wildlife. Predator-prey relationships, disease evidence, reproduction, and herd size and composition are all documented with state-of-the-art Canon equipment. Learn More

Catch an eruption of Old Faithful Geyser on a live streaming webcam. Join Yellowstone rangers highlighting popular topics in a series of videos. Embark upon an electronic field trip to Yellowstone right from your computer on the Yellowstone National Park website.

The quarterly Yellowstone Science magazine reports on Yellowstone-based scientific research and brings the wonder of the Park to readers worldwide. Articles written by researchers range from art history to microbiology in language accessible to the layperson.

Canon’s support of the Yellowstone Cougar Project assists field technicians with a variety of equipment needs for snow-tracking surveys, identifying scent stations, prey kill sites, and monitoring common travel routes for cougars. Project staff will also attempt to capture adult cougars and fit them with GPS satellite collars for more comprehensive study and analysis.

The park now has a good understanding of both recent and historic climate trends in temperature, rainfall, and snowpack. Yellowstone Park staff has used this knowledge to raise awareness about climate change through presentations, website, and publications.

The goal of the Yellowstone Bat Study is to establish a long-term monitoring program for little brown bats (Myotis lucifungus) in Yellowstone, in response to the emerging threat of the disease white-nose syndrome (WNS), which has decimated bat populations in the eastern part of the country and is gradually moving west.