When geologists study volcanic hazards or try to anticipate what a volcano may do in the future, one of their primary tools is to examine the volcano’s past behavior.

The U.S. Geological Survey has spent years pushing back against a persistent myth: that Yellowstone’s supervolcano is “overdue” for a catastrophic eruption capable of wiping out life across the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Strange things are afoot in Yellowstone National Park. Since July, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have been monitoring ...

Whether this activity will persist through the summer months, allowing tourists to observe, remains uncertain.

That's the word U.S. Geological Survey volcanic experts used to describe a muddy eruption at Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park on Saturday morning. Video shared by the USGS on social ...

Grizzle bears are not known to travel in herds like this all at once and great distances, and they are headed towards Salt Lake City, Utah." ...

Imagine a tornado spinning over an erupting supervolcano. The result would be catastrophic beyond comprehension. While such a collision is incredibly unlikely, exploring it reveals just how ...

The Echinus Geyser had been silent for the last six years, and it is unknown whether the eruptions will continue into the summer.

Did anyone else grow up in perpetual fear of any and all natural disasters? I don’t know if it was cartoons or what, but as a kid who lived in the very urban city of Philadelphia, I was convinced I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steamboat Geyser erupts in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park on September 17, 2018. (Photo by Jacob W.