Hidden amid the hills of Illinois is a dormant Volcano with a massive 10-mile-wide crater and teeming with rare and igneous ...

Paleontologists recognize five big mass extinctions in the fossil record. At the end of the Ordovician period, about 443 million years ago, an estimated 86 percent of all marine species disappeared.

Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological history. In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists, supported by an ESA ...

Massive volcanic events in Earth's history that released large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere frequently correlate with periods of severe environmental change and mass extinctions. A new method ...

Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was spewing out steam. In the following weeks, water, boiling-hot ...

If lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano reaches the Atlantic Ocean, it could trigger explosions and the release of toxic gases. Don’t underestimate the potential of small volcanoes to cause global ...

Webcam images showed a glow emanating from the volcano's summit—an indication that an eruption has begun. The volcano has been active for the past week, dropping tons of soot over surrounding towns.