Yellowstone National Park has always been a hotbed of geologic chaos. Now, it has a fresh wound to prove it. In the Norris Geyser Basin, a series of hydrothermal explosions carved out a new ...

CODY — On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey announced the discovery of a new geothermal pool in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris Geyser Basin. Michael Poland, PhD, the Scientist-in-Charge ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone’s Echinus Geyser—the largest acidic geyser on Earth—is putting on a show with a rare and spectacular reawakening. Located in the Back Basin of the Norris ...

WASHINGTON — Yellowstone's Echinus Geyser, which is the largest acidic geyser in the world, came out of five years of dormancy last month to start erupting several times a day, according to the U.S.

“That’s Yellowstone being Yellowstone!” the U.S. Geological Survey wrote in an update, a plainspoken line that fits a place where quiet pools can suddenly return to life. In Yellowstone’s Norris ...

A new hydrothermal pool has been discovered in Yellowstone National Park, an area world-renowned for its geysers, hot springs and steamy terrain. "Geologists from Yellowstone National Park were ...

A brand new baby blue pool formed over the winter holidays in Yellowstone National Park, officials said. Mike Poland U.S. Geological Survey Get ready for a little Christmas in July: There’s a new baby ...

Tucked inside Norris Geyser Basin, the hottest and most geologically restless thermal area in all of Yellowstone National Park, Echinus Geyser has been quiet for years. But in early February 2026, ...