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Red Dye Study Will Examine Water Flow in Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana

Red Dye Study Will Examine Water Flow in Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana

Reporters: If interested in being notified when the study date is chosen, please contact Jennifer or Susannah.

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Taking a Closer Look at a Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm

Taking a Closer Look at a Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm

When earthquake swarms happen at Yellowstone, we receive a lot of questions about whether the volcano is headed toward eruption. The swarm in June...

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Study to Uncover Yellowstone’s Subsurface Mysteries

Study to Uncover Yellowstone’s Subsurface Mysteries

New study investigates groundwater from the air

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EarthView–Fire and Rebirth: Landsat Tells Yellowstone's Story

EarthView–Fire and Rebirth: Landsat Tells Yellowstone's Story

Time may not heal all wounds, but it did a good job with this Yellowstone wildfire...

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Study Shows Pathways of Disease Transmission Between Elk, Bison and Cattle in the Greater Yellowstone Area

Study Shows Pathways of Disease Transmission Between Elk, Bison and Cattle in the Greater Yellowstone Area

The U.S. Geological Survey and its partners have shown how brucellosis has impacted cattle, bison and elk in the greater Yellowstone area.

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Dissolved gas helps Yellowstone's geysers erupt

Dissolved gas helps Yellowstone's geysers erupt

Most models of geyser eruptions start with a simple assumption: eruptions occur as liquid water boils to steam. While that is largely true, if the...

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Finding the Age of Yellowstone's Geysers and Hot Springs

Finding the Age of Yellowstone's Geysers and Hot Springs

USGS scientists often determine the age of volcanic rocks with dating techniques that involve radioactive decay of elements like uranium and argon.

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Genetic Study Confirms Growth of Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Population

Genetic Study Confirms Growth of Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Population

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Genetic data show the grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has grown since the 1980s with no loss in genetic...

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Using Seismic Waves to Image the Yellowstone Magma Storage Region

Using Seismic Waves to Image the Yellowstone Magma Storage Region

How do we know what's beneath Yellowstone, and how can we image the shallow magma?

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Effects of Water-Use Development on Yellowstone River Streamflow Analyzed

Effects of Water-Use Development on Yellowstone River Streamflow Analyzed

A new fact sheet published by the U.S. Geological Survey describes the cumulative hydrologic effects of water-resource development in the Yellowstone...

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Bullfrog Invasion of the Yellowstone River

Bullfrog Invasion of the Yellowstone River

The American bullfrog has expanded its invasion of the Yellowstone River floodplain in Montana, according to a new study released in “Aquatic...

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Modeling the Ash Distribution of a Yellowstone Supereruption

Modeling the Ash Distribution of a Yellowstone Supereruption

The topic of Yellowstone supereruptions (ones producing greater than one thousand cubic kilometers of volcanic debris) generates much interest, but...

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