On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone Park, the first national park in the history of the world. Despite the fact that the new national park comprised ...

Yellowstone's diverse population of feathered creatures have captured the interest of scientist David Haines who is ...

1872, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act to preserve the region’s hydrothermal and geologic features. The 2.2-million-acre park, most of which is ...

Yellowstone was established as the first national park on March 1, 1872, and has remained an enduring inspiration for artists and scientists. Geology and botany specimens in the Smithsonian ...

In 1872, when Congress established the world’s first national park near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, the principal selling point was its incomparable array of spouting geysers ...