A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

With wide-open roads, dramatic scenery, easy adventure and pockets of classic Americana, Utah's Scenic Byway 12 is an ...

It is always vital to stay on designated trails in national parks, but going off the path in Yellowstone can be ... Great Smoky Mountains is a hotspot for national park hiking enthusiasts.

Large explosive eruptions occur in Yellowstone around once every 700,000 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It is fed by the "Yellowstone Hotspot," where hot plumes of magma rise from deep within the Earth's mantle. In the last 2.1 million years, the complex has undergone three major caldera-forming ...

Yellowstone is fueled by what's known as a hotspot, where molten material from the Earth's mantle percolates up through the crust. The rock that comes up through the crust is typically basaltic (a ...

Yellowstone has been a site of persistent volcanic activity for 2 million years. But what did the region look like before the volcanoes started to erupt?

Researchers reveal the surprising origin of the Great Lakes, linking them to an ancient hotspot that existed 300 million years ago, shedding new light on Earth's geological history.

During about 4–7 million years ago, the Yellowstone hotspot was located under southeastern Idaho, feeding eruptions occurring from the Heise volcanic field. That sequence included multiple large ...

Following their respective high-profile divorces to Ben Affleck and Christine Baumgartner, the movie stars were spotted hanging out at hotspot Kemo ... his smash-hit show Yellowstone, whose ...