Few geological scenarios capture public imagination quite like a full-scale eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. The fear is understandable: three massive caldera-forming eruptions have occurred ...

Yellowstone National Park sits atop one of the most studied volcanic systems on Earth, and the question of what a full-scale caldera-forming eruption would do to the United States draws enormous ...

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 ...

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 ...

My friend Melanie loves to watch the Discovery Channel and share what she has watched with others. The problem is she can never get the story straight. Her latest tale is about Yellowstone Park ...

U of U geology professor Robert B. Smith has made a 50-year career out of studying Yellowstone. He presents a lecture on the Yellowstone Supervolcano Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Skaggs ...