In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

“The Yellowstone system is one that’s been stagnant for a long time.” The volcano’s largest eruption, which earned it the title of a supervolcano, occurred 2.1 million years ago.

Are we ready for a mega-blast from the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park?

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A small eruption at Yellowstone National Park was recently caught on camera, but scientists say it’s just the latest in a series of blasts they’ve been tracking ...

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are ...

Yellowstone National Park has a new plan for dealing with geologic hazards like thermal explosions and earthquakes for the ...

This frame capture of a video from a webcam shows a small eruption emanating from Black Diamond Pool in Biscuit Basin, a subbasin of Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, on May 31 ...

Yellowstone’s magma chamber is mostly made of a light-colored rock called rhyolite. It spreads out over an area roughly 55 miles long and 30 miles wide and reaches down to a depth of about 10 miles.

Yellowstone has experienced three cataclysmic eruptions over the past 2.1 million years, each dwarfing any volcanic event in recorded human history.

The man is the second person gored by a bison already this spring in Yellowstone. A 47-year-old Cape Coral, Florida, man had minor injuries after being gored in the Lake Village area May 7.

A New Jersey tourist was gored by a bison at Yellowstone after a group of people approached it too closely, marking the second such incident this year as officials warn visitors about wildlife safety.

The incident happened Saturday, June 21, just before 7 a.m., according to Yellowstone National Park visitors who witnessed the bison’s demise.