A new study analyzes thermophilic microbe communities in two springs in Yellowstone National Park ... by in a pre-GOE environment. Two such hot springs—known as the Conch and Octopus springs ...

For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki ...

MSU scientists studied microbes in Yellowstone hot springs to understand how life adapted to increasing oxygen levels.

Microbial life in Yellowstone's Lower Geyser Basin may hold clues to the evolution of life's exploitation of oxygen, ...

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

The Midway Geyser Basin's Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest hot spring in Yellowstone and one of the largest hot springs in the ... are caused by thermophilic bacteria that thrive on the ...

Mammoth Hot Springs has no set hours and access is covered by Yellowstone's seven-day admission fee ($35 per vehicle). Free parking is provided on-site. For more information about Mammoth Hot ...

The work builds on more than two decades of scientific research in Yellowstone National Park ... temperature environments -- were found in both springs, whose temperatures hover around 190 degrees ...

Even better, Bozeman Hot Springs is just over 45 minutes from the skiing at Big Sky Resort and about an hour and a half from Yellowstone National Park, making it the perfect place to unwind after ...