Mount Vesuvius may be Europe's most famous volcano, but lurking nearby is an ancient supervolcano, a ticking timebomb that ...

The eruption of Kīlauea within Halemaʻumaʻu crater resumed at 11:28 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, when fountain-fed lava flows erupted out of the north vent. This marks the beginning of the sixth ...

The eruption was so powerful it caused global temperatures to drop by around 1C and led to widespread crop failures ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

In the Netflix series La Palma, a Norwegian family goes on holiday to the Canary Islands when a young researcher discovers ...

(ABC 6 News) — In Hawaii, the world’s most active volcano resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday night. This is the fifth episode from the Kilauea volcano since it started to erupt just before ...

PHOTO BY M. ZOELLER / COURTESY USGS A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist is silhouetted by the illuminated gas plume emanating from Halemaumau crater on Wednesday during the fifth episode of ...

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern Europe, according to a new study.

Archaeologists uncover a lavish private bathhouse in Pompeii, revealing the city's opulence and the tragic final moments of ...

The world’s most active volcano is at it again as scientists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Kilauea resumed its ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into a terrifying snapshot of death and des ...