Yellowstone National Park has long captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike, particularly due to its ...

How do volcanologists determine the height of eruptive plumes from Yellowstone’s past explosive eruptions? Ironically, you ...

Still, geological changes in Yellowstone draw interest because the park overlies a volcano that was responsible for powerful eruptions in the distant past. The volcano has had no lava eruption for ...

Geologically speaking, things are always changing at Yellowstone — especially in hydrothermal areas. It’s simply the nature of the complex hydrothermal system overlying one of the planet’s largest ...

Yellowstone National Park has a new thermal vent spewing steam in the air that could be visible to tourists once visitors ...

Despite Yellowstone's sometimes dramatic geological events — including a hydrothermal explosion that hurled hot water and rocks and sent tourists running last summer — geologists emphasize ...