One of California's latest national monuments is an enormous, pristine section of mountains, lakes, and lava flows in the ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

Discover the connection between volcanic events and the rise of Earth's oxygen levels that enabled complex life to thrive.

At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...

Today, Yellowstone remains a place of low volcanic risk. Sure, there are sometimes small explosions stoked by hot water and steam. But it's mostly thermal pools and awesome geysers, reminding us of ...

Scientists are urging people who live in south-central Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of the Mount Spurr ...

A recent study published in Archaeology in Oceania explores the oral, linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence ...

BRITISH holidaymakers heading abroad this morning woke up to the news of a huge fire near Heathrow Airport, which has caused ...

The petroglyphs, called “one of the most awe-inspiring and intriguing things to see” by Eastern Sierra, are located in the ...

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...