An earthquake rattled Yellowstone National Park near its infamous supervolcano on Thursday morning. The USGS said a magnitude ...

A volatile-rich cap sitting just above Yellowstone’s magma reservoir is reshaping how scientists understand what keeps the ...

Yellowstone National Park geologists have confirmed that a small hydrothermal explosion that occurred earlier this month formed a new thermal pool.

“Even more colossal” is the way University of Utah researchers now describe the Yellowstone super volcano, which lies under the Wyoming’s northwest corner, after discovering that it is over twice as ...

(via PBS Terra) Yellowstone was massive. Roughly a thousand times larger than the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the biggest eruption in the history of the continental United States. And if Yellowstone ...

A new thermal vent spewing steam in the air at Yellowstone National Park is gaining attention, mainly because it's visible from a road rather than any significant change in the park famous for its ...

An earthquake has struck Yellowstone National Park within miles of an ancient volcanic landmark feared to be showing signs of ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone's potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

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According to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, hydrothermal explosions are “violent and dramatic events resulting in the rapid ejection of boiling water, steam, mud, and rock fragments.” These ...