And for one scientist traversing the park last summer, this level of unpredictability reached new heights as a new column of ...

New research used artificial earthquakes generated by a truck with a vibrating hydraulic plate to better understand the depth ...

Yellowstone contains about 120 thermal areas that collectively are home to more than 10,000 thermal features, like hot ...

The last major eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano happened around 630 000 years ago, and was violent enough to create a collapsed crater, or caldera, over 60 km across. Though it shows no sign ...

In and around Yellowstone Lake—which lies near the caldera's center—Morgan and colleagues have identified several areas heavily pocked by past hydrothermal explosions. The pits, which appear ...

Yellowstone contains more than 10,000 thermal features. The number and location of thermal areas is always changing, begging the question: Where will future thermal areas develop?

Scientists have studied Yellowstone National Park's magmatic system for years, but a new view of the magma chamber shows the ...

A recent study discovered the exact location of the Yellowstone supervolcano's magma cap -- and hints at when it may erupt.

It's one of the world's largest active volcanoes in the world – officially described as a 'supervolcano'. And if it erupted today, it's thought Yellowstone in the northwestern United States ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written ... Mountain earthquakes in instrumented history. The M7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake caused severe damage and killed 28 people, most notably ...

Ever been mesmerized by the swirling colors of Grand Prismatic Spring and wondered what fuels that otherworldly boil? It turns out that beneath the wild expanse of Yellowstone National Park lies one ...

Scientists discovered a magma cap underneath Yellowstone National Park’s surface that may act as a lid to prevent the ...