Picture: Bennington et al., Nature, 2025 An apocalypse named Yellowstone Every 700,000 years or so, the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts. And it does so with a whoosh. Not a bang.

Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone ...

On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the world's first National Park. The park's vast 2.2 million acres preserve an intact ecosystem with bountiful wildlife that inspired its nickname of the ...

On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the world's first National Park. The park's vast 2.2 million acres preserve an intact ecosystem with bountiful wildlife that inspired its nickname of the American ...

On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the world's first National Park. The park's vast 2.2 million acres preserve an intact ecosystem with bountiful wildlife that inspired its nickname of the American ...

On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the world's first National Park. The park's vast 2.2 million acres preserve an intact ecosystem with bountiful wildlife that inspired its nickname of the ...

Any explosions that might have occurred before that time were erased from the geologic record by all that ice. This is a map showing different types of thermal areas in Yellowstone National Park. Also ...