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USGS science on chronic wasting disease (CWD) tackles multiple facets of this complex management challenge.

What do Yellowstone National Park and your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate have in common?  LONE STAR!!!!!

Lone Star is not just an iconic movie hero of the 1980s (and also next year!). It’s an iconic Yellowstone geyser as well!

USGS scientists are studying avian influenza to understand how the virus spreads through and affects wild waterfowl populations.

The moon's Mare Tranquillitatis is an ancient plain of volcanic rock pocked with craters and coated with fine dust. In the 1960s, engineers and scientists in the U.S.

Can you guess the locations of these mystery Landsat images?

Landsat satellites capture images of the Earth’s surface and help scientists study resource management, investigate land surface change, and support disaster response.

KABOOM! That’s what Yellowstone is famous for – huge explosive volcanic eruptions. There’s really nothing brewing right now, the magma chamber is mostly solid, but there have been quite a few hydrothermal eruptions and small explosions in both Biscuit Basin and Norris Geyser Basin as water in the hydrothermal system flashes to steam.

This video is a recording of a previous webinar entitled: “Visualizing Land Cover with MRLC Tools”. This webinar was recorded on January 20, 2026. 

Happy New Year! Let's go back and take a look at the top five geologic stories for Yellowstone in 2025.

Number five: Rumors. It was a year of internet rumors, mostly related to animals fleeing the park, and none of which were true.