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The are many types of fluids that flow between the deep mantle underlying Yellowstone National Park and the atmosphere above it. These fluids drive...

Sasquatch is a mythical creature with scant evidence to support its existence.  Likewise, eruptions from Black Diamond Pool since last July were...

Earthquakes and tsunamis in the news over the past few days are a reminder that we live on a dynamic planet with different hazards and associated...

Online sources are saying that animals are fleeing Yellowstone National Park.  This isn’t the first time such claims have been made. And just like...

Calculating earthquake magnitudes can be a challenge in places like Yellowstone, where lots of small seismic events can occur in rapid succession. But...

In April 2025, Yellowstone National Park geologists identified a new thermal feature in Norris Geyser Basin. Investigation of multiple data streams...

An earthquake swarm that started at Mount Rainier on July 8, 2025, is the largest ever recorded at the volcano.

In geology, even small layers can tell big stories.  But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, requiring careful mapping...

The recent death of a bison at Grand Prismatic Spring is an emphatic example of the danger posed by thermal areas in Yellowstone National Park.  But...

One hundred years ago, on June 23, 1925, a mountainside in the Gros Ventre Range in northwest Wyoming collapsed, unleashing one of the largest...