Scenes From Wild Yellowstone (PHOTOS)

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A two-part special airing Sunday night on Nat Geo WILD, Wild Yellowstone portrays animals' struggle to survive over the course of a year in the unforgiving, relentless, and endlessly beautiful Yellowstone National Park.
Here, a Great Grey owl on the lookout for mice in the fall.
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At the Wildbrunch Ranch in Idadho, a captive Mountain lion is stalking through the snow.
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Fall arrives in the Grand Teton National Park.
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A wolf faces the Frozen Frontier in one of the two Wild Yellowstone specials.
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An elk is bugling to attract females during the elk rut.
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A river otter travels through deep snow.
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Bison in the woodland early winter.
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The moon sets behind Signal Mountain behind Jackson Lake in the middle of winter.
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A bison herd in summer evening light during the bison rut.
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An aerial shot in the spring.
Steve Rogers/National Geographic Channels
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