West Thumb Geyser Basin, along the southwest shore of West Thumb Basin in western Yellowstone Lake, is one of Yellowstone’s ...

At WTGB, an array of red, orange, pink, and green thermophilic bacteria are common along drainage channels, on the sinter ...

Want to see the northern lights in 2025? You’re in luck—it’s going to be a very good year. Here are some of the best places to go.

Sinter: a geyserite or siliceous sinter is a form of opaline silica that is often found as crusts or layers around geysers ...

Steamboat is the world’s tallest active geyser, but unlike Old Faithful ... can pick up the tiny vibrations in the ground caused by hot, boiling water. “Imagine if you see a pot of boiling ...

This extraordinary island nation nestled in the North Atlantic is a melting pot of active volcanos, cascading waterfalls, bubbling geysers, vast glaciers, and geothermal hot springs. Although ...

The park is divided into eight areas: Canyon Village; Fishing Bridge, Lake Village and Bridge Bay; Madison and West Yellowstone; Mammoth Hot Springs and the North; Norris Geyser Basin; Old ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Pat Shanks and Lisa Morgan ...