The National Parks Service has confirmed that wildlife is not leaving Yellowstone National Park in "large numbers" after an ...

Online sources are saying that animals are fleeing Yellowstone National Park. This isn’t the first time such claims have been made. And just like before, they aren’t true.

The teenager was on a hike southeast of Old Faithful when the incident occurred, according to a Park Service news release.

"Those things get observed, but it's not massive numbers of animals." A visitor looks at a bison on a road in the Hayden Valley of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, July 5, 2025.

The incident occurred at Grand Prismatic Spring near Old Faithful as tourists were enjoying a close-up view of the famous and popular hot spring.