Ceramic artifacts and a bread oven made from repurposed materials show how survivors of the Mount Vesuvius eruption returned ...

The are many types of fluids that flow between the deep mantle underlying Yellowstone National Park and the atmosphere above ...

Who wants to awaken a sleeping giant?” It’s particularly applicable this week as Russia’s Krasheninnikov Volcano, slumbering ...

Explore one of the most fascinating questions in the study of Earth's origins: Were volcanoes the key to life on our planet?

In 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon experienced a devastating limnic eruption, releasing a massive carbon dioxide cloud that ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Learn more about the handful of tooth fossils that complicate the history of humans in northeastern Ethiopia.

The rupture occurred at about 3,000 meters (roughly 9,800 feet), and by Thursday afternoon the lava had descended to 2,900 meters, according to Giuseppe Amendolia, a member of the Alpine Guide team ...

In May 1883, Krakatoa awoke and started to rumble with volcanic activity, culminating in an intense eruption on August 27. It ...