Sylvia Nicovich is a Mendenhall Fellow in the Geologic Hazards Science Center. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in geology from Cal Poly Humboldt University and a Ph.D. in earth sciences from ...

As first reported by our friends at Buckrail, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake was registered Thursday night. According to data ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

Researchers have identified a stable, gas-venting magma cap beneath Yellowstone, reducing eruption risk and advancing ...

Bison may seem calm, but they are one of Yellowstone National Park’s most dangerous animals. Tourists who get too close risk ...

When Julian Lozos visited the site of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes two days after the event, he noticed something strange.

Learn how the boundaries of the magma chamber beneath Yellowstone have been located, and discover how these boundaries hint at the volcano’s future behavior.

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world's most closely watched volcanic systems. Now a team of geoscientists has uncovered new evidence ...

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world's most closely watched volcanic systems. Now a ...

Beneath Yellowstone lies a magma reservoir, pulsing with molten and superheated rock and exsolved gases. Scientists have long ...

Understanding the earthquake history of a region is key to estimating seismic hazard. To help with this task, geologists look ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles) southwest of Albany ...