Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellowstone eruption, illustration. Is this what it would actually look like? Picture this: You're roaming Yellowstone National ...

"Imagine the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. There's not really much you can do to prepare for that," Iacovino said.

Yellowstone's supervolcano experienced a massive eruption 631,000 years ago that affected climates worldwide. Recently, earthquake swarms and ground uplift beneath Yellowstone’s caldera have raised ...

The Yellowstone volcanic system is one of the largest and most closely monitored volcanic regions on Earth. Beneath the national park lies a vast reservoir of partially molten rock, while thousands of ...

Learn how an eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano would affect North America, and why one isn't likely to happen in the foreseeable future. Millions of people visit Yellowstone National Park each ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

Beneath Yellowstone Park a monstrous plume of hot rock is causing the earth to heave and tremble. Past volcanoes have erupted ...

What if Yellowstone erupted? Explore a hypothetical timeline of what could happen from the first warning signs to global climate impacts.

This isn't the climax of a post-apocalyptic movie. It's a worst-case scenario of what could happen if one of the largest volcanic systems on the planet erupted today. And it's hiding beneath America's ...