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Picture yourself standing at the edge of Old Faithful, watching steam shoot into the Wyoming sky. Tourists snap photos, children shriek with delight. Nobody thinks about what lurks beneath their feet.

Deep beneath the stunning landscape of Yellowstone National Park, something truly colossal stirs. It’s not the bison wandering the valleys or the tourists snapping photos of Old Faithful. We’re ...

A gigantic bulge in the north rim of the Yellowstone caldera is the latest sign of volcanic activity in the national park. Geologists call this type of bulge “volcanic uplift.” It’s often caused by ...

Scientists are monitoring a city of Chicago-sized swath of rising ground at the northern volcanic rim of the Yellowstone Caldera in Yellowstone National Park. Scientists say the area has risen an inch ...

Footage shows a small eruption from Black Diamond Pool in the Biscuit Basin subbasin of Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, on May 31. The pool was the site of a dangerous explosion last ...

If you’ve been wondering about Wyoming’s famous supervolcano, there’s no cause for alarm. December 2025 brought 79 small earthquakes in the park, the largest measuring just magnitude 2.7. Overall, ...

Tourists traveling by plane over Yellowstone National Park on Thursday were treated to a rare and magnificent view of the world’s tallest active geyser shooting steam 400-plus feet skyward. The ...

One of Yellowstone’s most active hydrothermal pools has exploded again, and the eruption was captured on video. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently shared footage of a mass of mud and water ...

Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park has been active since its massive hydrothermal explosion in July 2024. It’s also “decidedly unpredictable,” erupting twice in two days last week, ...