America's Great Outdoors

Some otter nonsense for your weekend! The playful romping of these river otters at Yellowstone National Park is advantageous for them and fun to watch! These antics help them strengthen their social bonds and improve hunting techniques.

Whether you’re visiting the areas of Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Wyoming or Montana, you’re sure to encounter beautiful scenery and the fantastic hard work of the National Park Service and Yellowstone staff. Please consider taking the #YellowstonePledge – a personal promise you make to help uphold behaviors that will protect the park.

One of the pledge actions is to give wildlife room and use a zoom. The safest way to view wildlife is through a telephoto lens, a spotting scope, or a pair of binoculars. Observing the pledge can insure a bright future of otter videos and so much more. Video of river otters playing by National Park Service.