A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

An underground volcano eruption, with the power of hundreds of atomic bombs and which caused deadly tsunamis, gave out a ...

An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city ... relied on genetic material preserved for nearly two millennia. After Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the Roman city in 79 A.D., bodies ...

Moments before one of the largest underwater volcanic eruptions smothered the Pacific island of Tonga, a strange signal ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

Since 2005 the Solfatara crater in Italy has been releasing increased volumes of gas, catching the attention of researchers ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

In recent times areas around Naples have seen a flurry of activities as government agencies conduct drills to make citizens ...

A volcano erupted in southern Iceland, near the town of Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon spa, marking the region's seventh ...

Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar to the Mount Vesuvius that covered the city of Pompeii 2,000 years ago.