Learn more about the new hydrothermal feature that appeared last summer in Yellowstone National Park, and how, even though it ...

The recent death of a bison at Grand Prismatic Spring is an emphatic example of the danger posed by thermal areas in ...

Learn more about some of the microbes found in Yellowstone National Park hot springs and how they may hold the secrets to how ...

The recent death of a bison at Grand Prismatic Spring is an emphatic example of the danger posed by thermal areas in ...

It happened on Saturday morning, June 21, at the park’s Grand Prismatic Spring, Michael Poland, geophysicist with the U.S.

Over the weekend, a bison stumbled into the Grand Prismatic while several visitors could do nothing to save it.

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Mark Stelten, research geologist ...

The caldera is the enormous volcanic crater left from the last time Yellowstone experienced a giant eruption, 640,000 years ago. It covers an area about 30 by 45 miles .

This Yellowstone caldera is what is causing geysers to erupt. The U.S. Geological Survey says that the geological activity in the park can appear to be a sign of an impending disaster, ...

For decades, researchers in and around Yellowstone National Park have used seismic waves to map the hot mush below the Earth’s surface. Now, they're adding more to that toolkit.

The Yellowstone Caldera—the name refers to the large crater left behind after an eruption—is one of the largest volcanic systems on Earth.

Book Review. A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World’s First National Park. By Randall K. Wilson Counterpoint: 432 pages, $34 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may ...