For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how these populations moved between islands on treacherous stretches of sea is ...

Recent research has shed light on a fascinating connection between ancient continental breakups and current volcanic activity along mid-ocean ridges. A study led by scientists from the University of ...

Scientists discovered Hawaii’s deep mantle plume is splitting, which may create two future volcanic island chains.

A breathtaking astronaut photo reveals El Salvador’s Lake Coatepeque—an ancient volcanic crater lake that sometimes ...

And although those volcano eruptions are not part of a trend, experts have said, the volcanoes in question are far from the only dangerous ones in the world. When assessing which volcanoes are the ...

The Chauvet-Pont D'Arc cave is one of the most famous underground caverns in the world, housing one of the oldest and best-preserved collections of prehistoric cave paintings ever discovered. Now, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The June 12, 1991, eruption column from Mount Pinatubo was taken from the east side of Clark Air Base. (CREDIT: U.S. Geological ...

A massive volcanic eruption is one of the few natural disasters capable of affecting the entire planet. Supervolcanoes like ...