Studies of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980 estimated that approximately 7,000 large game animals perished in the immediate blast zone, alongside countless smaller creatures that couldn’t escape ...

A 'secret lid' keeps the volcano in check at Yellowstone National Park, according to new research from Rice University. The cap allows the supervolcano to vent instead of building up pressure.

What immediate dangers and long-term consequences would follow a massive eruption of the Yellowstone volcano? Key GOP senator defects on crucial vote, imperiling Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in ...

They found four pockets together contain more liquid magma than was present during large, caldera-forming eruptions at Yellowstone in the past (one 2.8 million years ago, one 1.3 million years ago ...

Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone ...

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 California Volcano Observatory is one of five such observatories, the others keeping an eye on volcanism in Hawaii, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and Yellowstone. It is newly situated on the sunny ...

After dramatic explosion of Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park destroyed part of a boardwalk and sent visitors running, the ripped open landscape looks more like a war zone than a tourist ...

A hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin led some to believe a massive volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park is set to erupt. Here’s why that’s false.