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 ...

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

Nestled in the eastern part of Idaho near Yellowstone, Harriman State Park sits within what locals affectionately call “The Golden Triangle” – a wildlife paradise where moose, elk, and trumpeter swans ...

This is the spectacular moment the Black Diamond Pool erupts in the Yellowstone National Park. The sudden hydrothermal burst from the steaming spring was captured on cameras on May 31 at 8:39 pm ...

A temporary webcam has been deployed on the boardwalk in Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The pan/tilt/zoom camera provides a static view every 15 minutes and records video on site for ...

Scientists map volcanic explosion in Idaho that rivaled Yellowstone BRETT FRENCH For the Star-Tribune Mar 23, 2016 Mar 23, 2016Updated Mar 23, 2016 0 ...

United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Mark Stelton (left) and Kenneth Sims, a UW professor of geology and geophysics and a member of the USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, examine a ...

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.

A sharp volatile-rich cap to the Yellowstone magmatic system. Nature, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08775-9 ...

The column turned out to be steam — and not just any steam. It was coming from a new thermal vent, according to a recent blog post by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Yellowstone Volcano ...