A forgotten stone staircase in the ruins of Pompeii has turned out to be anything but a dead end, opening a fresh line of ...

Africa stands as the planet’s most diverse continent, home to over a billion people, thousands of languages, and breathtaking landscapes stretching from rainforest to desert to volcanic highlands.

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

Some of the victims at Pompeii were wearing woolen cloaks when they died, even though it was August, new research finds.

Begin by drawing the main outline of the volcano. Draw a large triangle or cone shape in the center of your page. Make the ...

Mount Tabor Park in Portland is the first Urban Quiet Park in the U.S., offering forested trails, city views, and peaceful escapes on a dormant volcano.

The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, was a devastating pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353, ...

In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored ...

Hidden inside the narrow growth rings of Pyrenees trees lies the strongest evidence yet for what set the Black Death in ...

A large volcanic eruption or cluster of eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered severe climate anomalies that drove harvest ...

Between the densely forested Zemplén Mountains and fertile lowlands of the Great Hungarian Plain, Tokaj is patchworked with ...

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