Footprints from people and animals feeling the eruption of Vesuvius in 1995 B.C. were recently discovered in a town near ...

An uptick in seismic activity on the volcanic island of Santorini has raised concerns about a potential eruption.

The disaster began midday on August 24 or October 24, 79 CE, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of volcanic fragments and gas into the air.

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

Pumice stones spewed from an undersea volcano that have fouled coasts in Okinawa Prefecture have apparently made a U-turn and could reach the Izu island chain within days, a research institute’s ...

Archaeologists uncover a lavish private bathhouse in Pompeii, revealing the city's opulence and the tragic final moments of ...

Large chunks of pumice stone apparently rained down around the volcano, and the dark column of smoke could be seen from over 300 miles away. The eruption triggered tsunamis and pyroclastic flows — ...

HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii – as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...

Now that outgoing President Joe Biden has formally designated the Sattitla National Monument, a process to determine how it ...

During the long lockdown, I started caring for plants in odd-shaped pots made from pumice volcanic rock from Mount Pinatubo. Formed when lava cools, this light, porous material blanketed much of ...