This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...

Horizontal view of a geyser, with tiny figures at its base, spewing water beneath a cloudy sky in the middleground, while visible in the left foreground is a basin and in the left distance a line of ...

A bison roams in front of Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Mont., on Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum) A new hydrothermal pool has been discovered in ...

Native American groups were aware of the region’s dramatic features. Since the national park’s creation, other faiths have ...

Yellowstone geologists discovered the baby hydrothermal feature in April while doing routine work at Norris Geyser Basin, the ...

On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey announced the discovery of a new geothermal pool in Yellowstone National Park ...

Scientists at the University of Western Ontario, Industrial University of Santander in Colombia, and the United States ...

But the eruptions left behind a new thermal pool. Ice-blue in color, warm in temperature and a little larger than a backyard hot tub, the pool is the newest known feature to bubble up in Yellowstone’s ...

Tourists at Yellowstone National Park witnessed the tragic death of a bison who fell into the near-boiling waters of the Grand Prismatic Spring at Midway Geyser Basin, near Old Faithful.

Norris Geyser Basin is ranked #9 out of 17 things to do in Yellowstone National Park. See pictures and our review of Norris Geyser Basin.

A bison in Yellowstone National Park appeared to stumble into the scalding water of Grand Prismatic Spring, causing its death as tourists looked on during the park's busiest season.

A new hole was discovered in Yellowstone National Park in April 2025, when geologists performed routine maintenance at the ...