Yellowstone National Park, known for its stunning landscapes and geothermal features, is sitting atop one of the most ...

A recent update on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) website offers new insights into the timing of a potential eruption of Yellowstone's supervolcano—one of the world's largest active volcanoes.

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 .

An apocalypse named Yellowstone. Every 700,000 years or so, the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts. And it does so with a whoosh. Not a bang. The supervolcano is not the enormous mound of ash and ...

In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

The most recent rhyolitic lava flows occurred around 70,000 years ago, and since the last major caldera-forming eruption 631,000 years ago, approximately 80 mostly nonexplosive eruptions have ...

The giant eruptions were 700 to 6,000 times larger than the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the largest volcanic eruption in U.S. history, which is why Yellowstone is sometimes referred to as a ...

The giant eruptions were 700 to 6,000 times larger than the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the largest volcanic eruption in U.S. history, which is why Yellowstone is sometimes referred to as a ...

Despite an explosive summer at Yellowstone National Park — marked by a thermal feature eruption that destroyed a boardwalk and sent visitors fleeing from an eruption of black water, mud and ...

Yellowstone National Park, with its stunning geysers and captivating scenery, is one of the most well-known and popular national parks in the country. That meant many people were around to see ...

The giant eruptions were 700 to 6,000 times larger than the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the largest volcanic eruption in U.S. history, which is why Yellowstone is sometimes referred to as a ...