New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...

Top middle photo: view of the new puʻu a few days after episode 36 on November 10. Top right photo: scientist takes a precise ...

The Black Death has long been framed as a purely biological catastrophe, a lethal bacterium riding into crowded ports and ...

A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so ...

A peaceful end to the day as pickup work continues under a glowing sunset. A calm look at evening chores and the beauty of ...

Tephra formed by lava fountains during the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption has created a new puʻu, or hill, southwest of ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

With an eruption of Iceland's most potent volcano 'overdue', driving the country's new Volcanic Way is a dramatic thrill ...

It’s one of my favorite drives, leading to one of Hawaii ’s most distinctive towns. Surrounded by a rainforest, the small town of Volcano on the Island of Hawaii sits on the slopes of Kilauea volcano, ...

Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The ...

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...