Yellowstone eruptions may be driven by shifts in Earth's crust, rather than a deep well of magma, study finds.

Located in the United States, one of the world’s largest volcanoes is gearing up to explode. It’s known as the Yellowstone Volcano, and it’s not just any regular volcano. Instead, it’s a supervolcano!

A major Yellowstone eruption likely won’t happen for thousands, and potentially millions, of years. Scientists say that the magma underneath Yellowstone is mostly solid and not eruptible. One study ...

Beneath the geysers and steaming ground of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the most studied, yet still elusive, volcanic systems on Earth. Unlike most volcanoes that form along shifting tectonic ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

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Thanks to some videos -- at least one uses AI -- there have been questions about whether a bunch of the animals living in Yellowstone National Park are leaving. Why would the wildlife leave? The ...

Yellowstone’s massive supervolcano and Mount St. Helens, the volcano that devastated Washington in 1980, are among America’s most infamous natural threats. This video explores what makes each one so ...

What is a super eruption and how did they create the geology of Yellowstone? Where is the world's largest, most explosive, and most unusual volcano? It's Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Violet Turner and Faith Nolander, ...