“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Researchers have discovered a potentially younger and active volcanic hotspot beneath the Cook Islands' waters, prompting ...

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

Scientists have long known that volcanoes shaped the near side of the Moon, visible from Earth. However, very little was ...

Several international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano ...

How do volcanologists determine the height of eruptive plumes from Yellowstone’s past explosive eruptions? Ironically, you ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture fossil was found in volcanic rock. Scientists discovered microscopic feather details preserved in ...

The spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...

If scientists are correct about the stone’s lineage, it could be one of the oldest examples of rock art known to man. To date, the earliest examples discovered are believed to belong to the Upper ...

A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...

Feathers belonging to a griffon vulture that died around 30,000 years ago have become the first fossils of their kind, ...

Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from its summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday morning ...