Yellowstone National Park is home to one of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth, and while its eruptions are rare, the possibility of it blowing is one of the most terrifying natural disaster ...

Is Yellowstone about to erupt? The short answer is no, not like that, anyway. Fears about an impending eruption of the supervolcano that created Yellowstone have circulated online for years.

Is there an eruption coming to Yellowstone National Park? While there is a volcano in Yellowstone, it may not erupt for a long time. The last one in the park area happened around 174,000 years ago.

A new study shows a volcanic eruption of Yellowstone may be even less likely than we thought: Scientists have discovered a magma cap that may play a role in relieving volcanic pressure underground.

Officials at Yellowstone National Park are shutting down rumors circulating on social media about wildlife leaving the park due to potential volcanic eruptions.

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Following an explosion that destroyed part of a Yellowstone National Park visitor area, scientists finally have recorded evidence that explains what happened.

This unit — a dense, black, glassy rock — had been mapped as part of the Lava Creek Tuff (LCT), Yellowstone’s youngest super eruption, which occurred around 631,000 years ago.

A National Park Service spokesperson said animals are not leaving Yellowstone in large numbers, and a volcanic eruption is thousands of years away.