While the town around him was engulfed by searing pyroclastic flows, one man achieved the impossible from a prison cell with ...

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 ...

The synchronization of data from two natural climate archives—a speleothem from the Herbstlabyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) ...

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

Located on the southern end of the Danish island of Bornholm, these stones are flat pieces of shale featuring intricately ...

"Rootless cones form when lava flows over wet or icy ground, causing it to boil and explode," said Dundas. "The region around ...

New study suggests rise of ancient city Tiwanaku coincided with major volcanic event in Lake Titicaca Basin's vicinity ...

Experts believe a Mount Rainier eruption would post a grave threat to millions who live in the southern and eastern sections ...

The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...

Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs.

Residents and visitors are on alert after Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano entered its fifth eruptive episode since December on Wednesday.

Violent eruptions continue in Hawaii, sending lava hundreds of feet into the air and spreading glass threads over nearby areas.