The formation of Heart Mountain near Cody is a story of a block of rock the size of Rhode Island moving at 700 mph, an ...

However, despite Crater Lake's global fame, it is not actually the deepest lake in North America. That honor goes to a little ...

“The Yellowstone system is one that’s been stagnant for a long time.” The volcano’s largest eruption, which earned it the title of a supervolcano, occurred 2.1 million years ago.

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

Yellowstone's geology was a hot topic at the AGU meeting. More than 60 presentations touched on the park, whether it was looking at the diet of ancient wolves or activities of helium isotopes.

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Last week, an eruption from the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park shot up ...

Yellowstone’s magma chamber is mostly made of a light-colored rock called rhyolite. It spreads out over an area roughly 55 miles long and 30 miles wide and reaches down to a depth of about 10 miles.

On the night of May 31 , an eruption from the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park shot up about 20 feet, according to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. On ...

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge Michael Poland said the detection of the burst at the Black Diamond Pool shows the camera was a good investment, and the plan is to install a ...