Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada May 5, 2025

Yoho sounds like something you"d shout from a mountaintop—and honestly, you might find yourself doing just that. Established in 1886, Yoho National Park in British Columbia is known for its towering cliffs, glacial lakes and thunderous waterfalls. It"s the second oldest national park in Canada and part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. Covering 131,300 hectares, the park is home to the Burgess Shale, a globally recognised fossil site. It consists of well-preserved marine life dating back over 500 million years—vital to understanding early evolution. Here, one can observe elk, mountain goat, marmot and the occasional grizzly bear in their natural habitat. Lodgepole pines dominate the forest canopy, while avalanche lilies appear shortly after snowmelt.

© Feng Wei Photography/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

May 5, 2024Colonnade in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Dec 23, 2023Chinstrap penguins
Jul 20, 2024The Moon
Feb 2, 2026Alpine marmots, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
Jan 1, 2025Polar bears in the Arctic
Aug 16, 2024Roller coaster in Nagashima Spa Land, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Mar 28, 2026African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Sep 8, 2024Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
Jun 20, 2024Kokino, North Macedonia
Oct 30, 2024Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy
Oct 25, 2024Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France
Jul 20, 2025Photo of the moons surface through a telescope
Dec 29, 2025Étretat, Normandy, France
Nov 28, 2023Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Canada
Oct 10, 2025Coral reef surrounding the island of Monuriki, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Jan 6, 2026Nuuk, Greenland
Dec 18, 2025Temple of the Sun, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States
Aug 18, 2025Avalanche Lake Trail at Adirondack High Peaks, New York, United States
Mar 15, 2025The Temple of Saturn, Rome, Italy
Jan 10, 2025Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
Sep 14, 2024Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
Jun 3, 2025Bicycles on a bridge in Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 15, 2023Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
Apr 7, 2024North American beaver, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
May 3, 2024The Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
Nov 1, 2023Haut-Barr Castle, Vosges, France
Nov 29, 2025Red deer stag in De Hoge Veluwe National Park, Netherlands
Mar 7, 2025Plum blossoms, China
Oct 13, 2025Waterfall at Wimbachklamm Gorge, Bavaria, Germany
Jul 4, 2025Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
Oct 26, 2023Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria