The renewed activity marks the opening chapter of what scientists fear could be another restless year for Europe’s most ...

A fossilized vulture feather reveals how volcanic ash can turn fragile tissues into stone with astonishing detail.

Scientists in eastern China uncovered dinosaur eggs packed with giant crystals, revealing unusual fossilization processes and new clues about prehistoric development.

A Russian volcano that once blew itself apart in a massive explosion is now rising from the ashes—faster than scientists expected. Decades of hidden activity have reshaped its entire structure, ...

What’s more nerve-wracking than climbing an active volcano? Climbing it with kilos of delicate equipment, knowing that a single eruption could send both scientists and sensors hurtling downhill. Over ...

Earlier this year, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii published its findings from excavations of an orgiastic centre ...

Let’s image the simplest, most boring volcano possible. It consists of a magma balloon fed by a straw. The ground is perfectly flat above the balloon. Magma comes up the straw at a constant ...

Mount Semeru, in East Java, Indonesia, has been on a high level active alert for several years. The eruption has left torrents of mud flowing through towns ...

Popocatépetl emerged in the crater of other volcanoes in its current form more than 20,000 years ago and has been active ...