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There will be no hunting of Yellowstone grizzly bears in the state of Montana this year.

The Yellowstone National Park elk herd in the Northern Range has grown since last year, according to park and Montana biologists.

The presence of sore mouth disease in Yellowstone National Park’s bighorn sheep population may be less severe than previously reported.

There are roughly 4,800 bison in the Yellowstone National Park herd, according to a survey conducted by park biologists this August.

Officials have confirmed the same parasite that felled thousands of whitefish in the Yellowstone River last year is present in the current spate of fish deaths.

More dead fish have been found in the Yellowstone River, but not nearly as many as last year, when officials had to close access to parts of the river.

Dead fish have been found in the Yellowstone River near the hub of last year’s fish kill, which closed the river for nearly a month.

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is preparing a plan for future fish kills in the Yellowstone River, after last summer’s disastrous season.

Ahead of a potential Yellowstone grizzlies delisting move, at least one researcher has called into question the model used to estimate their population.

Biologists in Yellowstone National Park are on the alert for a new ecosystem threat: mussels.