Mule deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Yellowstone National Park
On Nov. 14, 2023, Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) officials confirmed the…
Scientists described the first-ever successful in situ collection of a bacteria that eats and breathes electricity
On Mar. 5, 2019, scientists at Washington State University described the first-ever successful in situ collection of a…
Thomas Brock and Hudson Freeze receive the Golden Goose Award
On Sept. 19, 2013, Thomas Brock and Hudson Freeze received the Golden Goose Award for their discovery of…
Thomas Brock and undergraduate student Hudson Freeze published their discovery of Thermus aquaticus
In August 1997, Thomas Brock and undergraduate student Hudson Freeze published their discovery of Thermus aquaticus, which they…
Thermus aquaticus was first discovered in Yellowstone National Park
In 1966, Thermus aquaticus was first discovered in the Mushroom Pool of Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National…
Researchers collected a sample of boiling water from hot springs in Yellowstone leading to discovery of extremophiles
On Jun. 20, 1964, a team of researchers led by Dr. Thomas Brock, then a professor at the…