What Do Yellowstone's Bears, Bison, And Birds Do When People Aren't Around To Bother Them?

While national parks provide crucial preservation for wildlife and the environment, animals in protected areas are still often subject to anthropogenic, or human, disturbance. Nature-based recreation and tourism in national parks provide meaningful cultural and economic importance, as well as giving joy to visitors. However, human activity in and around national parks has been shown to have negative impacts on protected wildlife. Thus, concerns are being raised about the expansion of human disturbance globally and the growth of visitation in national parks and other protected areas.

Humans disturbing wildlife in national parks is often intentional, such as the disrespectful tourist who illegally flew a drone in Yellowstone National Park to terrorize a pair of ospreys , and the Yellowst