Beneath Yellowstone’s stunning surface lies a hyperactive seismic world, now better understood thanks to machine learning. Researchers have uncovered over 86,000 earthquakes—10 times more than ...

A study has expanded the earthquake record for the Yellowstone Caldera by 10 times to include 86,276 events from 2008 to 2022.

Yellowstone, a popular tourist destination and namesake of an equally popular TV show, was the first-ever national park in ...

Researchers have just discovered a new structure deep beneath Yellowstone, and it might be playing an important role in holding back an eruption from this major volcanic system.

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera -- located in eastern Idaho and west of Yellowstone National Park -- occurred concurrently ...

A 'secret lid' keeps the volcano in check at Yellowstone National Park, according to new research from Rice University. The cap allows the supervolcano to vent instead of building up pressure.

Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a massive eruption.

A detailed look at Yellowstone's magma storage system finds that only one region is likely to host liquid magma in the long term.

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is a consortium of universities and agencies that monitors the Yellowstone supervolcano and conducts volcanic and geologic research.

One less thing to worry about in 2025: Yellowstone probably won’t go boom There's not enough melted material near the surface to trigger a massive eruption.

A diagram of the theorized formation of the Yellowstone Caldera. (National Park Service) The caldera-forming eruptions at Yellowstone are sourced from reservoirs of rhyolitic melt.