New research finds that at least four individuals who died in the eruption were wearing woolen tunics and cloaks, which ...

These ghostly hoops have been spotted above volcanic events around the world. But how they form has long been a mystery.

On a single day in November 2025, emergency managers across Washington state were inundated with calls about an eruption at ...

Victims at Pompeii wore heavy tunics and woollen cloaks as they fled rocky volcanic fragments and gas thrown into the air, ...

There is something primal and humbling about standing near a living, breathing volcano. The heat, the smell of sulfur, and ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

The real lava lamp may be pricier than its ‘70s predecessor, but that’s thanks to the labor-intensive process that goes into ...

A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave discuss an Earth-sized exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a possible link between volcanoes and the Black Death.

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

Climate‑driven shifts due to volcanic activity, and the increase in grain trade helped bring the Black Death to Italian ports ...

New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...