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

The Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field has some of the largest rhyolite lava flows on Earth. Have you ever wondered what ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...

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

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the familiar cone-shaped peaks lies a more silent, hidden ...