The Yellowstone Caldera, a volcanically active region under and around Yellowstone National Park, has long been the subject of research, speculation and science fiction regarding the possibility ...

Social media captures of droves of animals fleeing Yellowstone National Park have sparked a frenzy of worry, but officials say it's 'misinformation' ...

Beneath Yellowstone National Park lies something extraordinary—a giant underground chamber filled with molten rock, trapped gases, and intense heat. For years, scientists have known about this ...

Schmandt was among a group of researchers who recently found that less than two-and-a-half miles below the surface in Yellowstone National Park is its magma system. Atop the magma reservoir ...

Yellowstone National Park wildlife is not fleeing the park, despite viral videos suggesting a mass migration due to a possible Yellowstone supervolcano eruption. The National Park Service (NPS) has ...

The truck is parked at a roadside pullout near the Continental Divide in Yellowstone National Park. (Photo by Jamie Farrell, University of Utah, September 2020, taken under Yellowstone National ...

Fischer said that when volcanoes erupt, they are driven by new magma coming into the system. They use samples from Yellowstone on a machine in one of UNM’s labs to learn more. “As magma rises ...

Scientists discovered a magma cap underneath Yellowstone National Park’s surface that may act as a lid to prevent the supervolcano from erupting. Photo by Chris Leipelt via Unsplash It’s no ...

Scientists discovered a magma cap underneath Yellowstone National Park’s surface that may act as a lid to prevent the supervolcano from erupting. Photo by Chris Leipelt via Unsplash It’s no ...

‘Magma cap’ could help reduce risk of Yellowstone eruption, new research suggests by: Addy Bink Posted: Apr 29, 2025 / 05:10 PM MDT Updated: Apr 29, 2025 / 05:10 PM MDT ...

Scientists discovered a magma cap underneath Yellowstone National Park’s surface that may act as a lid to prevent the supervolcano from erupting. Photo by Chris Leipelt via Unsplash It’s no ...