Is Yellowstone ground ever really at rest, or is it always scheming its next surprise? On April 10, 2025, geologists conducting routine maintenance in Norris Geyser Basin’s Porcelain Basin chanced ...

Vernal pools are seasonal wetlands that can fill with water during winter and spring rains. As the water slowly evaporates from these shallow depressions in the land, rings of endemic and rare flowers ...

The Permian Basin, which spans Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, has long been an energy powerhouse. For generations it has supplied much of America’s oil and gas. But beneath the familiar ...