Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were ...

When you think of a pumice stone, you probably think of the hard, crusty skin on the bottom of your feet (well, maybe not ...

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

W hen Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the ...

Written by Mark Stelten, deputy scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, the post analyzes the v olcano's ...

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, but an experimental introduction of gophers has demonstrated a long-term positive impact on the soil and plant life. Scientists ...

Sometimes, what you think you see is not what it is.” Iconic casts freeze the moments before death When Mount Vesuvius ...

The sea of pumice - the size of 20,000 football fields - was first reported by Australian sailors earlier this month. Experts say the mass probably came from an underwater volcano near Tonga which ...

Open bags can become contaminated by plant pathogens. The bag should indicate whether it is sterile. Once opened, bags can become contaminated by plant pathogens. Bags should be stored closed, in a ...