A speculative paper argues that ancient planetary flybys may have helped trigger some of Earth’s mass extinctions.

Volcano Watch” is a weekly column and volcano/earthquake activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano ...

By Isabel Gil The Smith family referred to the back part of their property as “the wasteland.” It opens up to the North Fork ...

A three-year-old iPhone was used to capture one of photography's toughest scenes, and it just won the top prize at the iPhone ...

When people think of volcanoes, they often imagine destructive eruptions, lava flows, and ash clouds. However, in Iceland, ...

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

TUM researchers are using drones on the Aeolian island of Vulcano and on Mount Etna to measure gases above volcanic fields. - The measurements produce a map showing gas concentrations at each location ...

Most people can name the Great Lakes or maybe Lake Tahoe when asked about America’s most impressive bodies of water, but ...

A newly discovered underwater volcanic eruption north of Papua New Guinea is unfolding in one of the world's most poorly mapped ocean basins. Satellites have spotted steam plumes, ash, thermal ...

Mud volcanoes are often pictured as dramatic geological phenomena featuring the sudden eruption of large volumes of fiery mud ...

Scientists have discovered 73 new underwater volcanoes with a technology used to detect impact craters on Mars. The researchers were mapping the ocean floor for volcanic calderas when they came across ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...