The 2016 death of 23-year-old Colin Scott was not a mystery of Yellowstone’s wilderness but a devastating accident in a clearly hazardous thermal area. The case explains why the park’s boardwalks and ...

The park is the most highly visited and high winds make trash problem worse, with gusts blowing away items ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mara Reed, a member of Yellowstone's Geology Program, uses a long grabber pole to remove a park map from a geothermal feature in ...

The newest attraction at Yellowstone National Park is ice-blue, steaming hot, and about the size of a Jacuzzi. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a new hot spring has appeared in Yellowstone.

More than 20,000 pieces of trash were found in Yellowstone hot springs.

You might think features like pools of bubbling acid and hidden booby traps are safely relegated to the imaginary world of Indiana Jones. But in Yellowstone, they’re real. And they’re taking out ...

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20,000 items of trash removed from Yellowstone’s geysers and hot springs – including 280 hats and a slew of Pokemon cards - The geology team advises that visitors ‘stash your trash’ before visiting th ...

Visitors are supposed to stick to designated walkways around thermal features at Yellowstone National Park. It’s not just for their own safety or the protection of the park’s famed, fragile resources.