Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

Gas from the 'zombie' volcano in Iran can be smelled 30 miles away, and it's so pungent that people are talking on social ...

A volcano that has been active in recent years erupted again on Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

Being a single dad comes with its own set of challenges — late-night homework sessions, learning to braid hair, and figuring out what on earth to do during a first period emergency. But it also comes ...

When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, along with six other blesseds, they will see not just the eleva ...

The volcano erupted for around nine minutes, forcing the highest-level alert and the evacuation of dozens of people from ...

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Wednesday, shooting volcanic ash 10 km (6.2 miles) into the sky, the ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, is erupting for a second straight day, spewing towering ...

A newly deciphered Herculaneum scroll, revealed through Pulsed Thermography, exposes fresh details about the Greek origins of ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water ice to equatorial regions, according to a modeling ...

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.