James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

This remote region isn't just for those seeking solitude - it's also a fabulous wilderness full of off-roading, hiking, rafting, hunting, and fishing.

Dustin Mulvaney traces the current deregulatory bonanza that the Trump administration has unleashed on public lands and waters to the Wise Use movement of the 1980s and the Sagebrush Rebellion that ...

"The discovery emphasizes the dynamic nature of Yellowstone's thermal activity," Yellowstone Volcano Observatory's Mike ...

Liv Wheeler is a master's student at Montana State University. Liv was raised in Michigan, surrounded by the Great Lakes and constantly exposed to the outdoors. She graduated from Michigan State ...

Yellowstone National Park's geological history is one of the most intensely studied in North America. A new geologic unit gives clues.

From a map drawn on a bison pelt by Native American tribes to Bob Christiansen’s 1:125,000 scale map published in 2001, the resolution of Yellowstone maps only continues to evolve. Although ...

A geologic map showing the "lay of the land" for the Heart Mountain Detachment, which occurred around 49 million years ago. This map shows the formation of Heart Mountain and McCullough Peaks as part ...

Bison herd stops traffic as it crosses road in Yellowstone A bison died after it appeared to stumble into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park last week while visitors looked on.

A bison in Yellowstone National Park appeared to stumble into the scalding water of Grand Prismatic Spring, causing its death as tourists looked on during the park’s busiest season.

Yellowstone visitors watched in horror as a bison fell into the Grand Prismatic Spring, struggling to escape the boiling water in a tragic wildlife event.

Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key geologic mapping work.