The park hosted 446,875 visits in May 2018. This is more than a 6 percent increase over last year (419,635 visits) and surpasses May 2016 (444,630 visits) as the busiest May ever in Yellowstone. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/18024.htm

On the morning of June 6, 59-year-old Kim Hancock of Santa Rosa, California, was gored by a bull bison at Fountain Paint Pot in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/06072018.htm

Penny Allyson Behr, age 53, from Cypress, Texas was attacked by a cow elk in an accidental encounter behind the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel on the morning of Tuesday, June 5. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/06052018.htm

Charlene Triplett, age 51, from Las Vegas, Nevada, was attacked by a cow elk behind the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel on Sunday, June 3 in Yellowstone National Park. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/06042018.htm

Today, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk announced his decision to retire on March 30, 2019 https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/18023.htm