Nature rarely does straight lines. If you look at a forest, a rock, or a coastline, you see all sorts of shapes and chaos.

Molten lava from a 2017 eruption of Kilauea flows into the ocean off Hawaii. Even once it cools, the lava “deltas” formed by eruptions can be dangerous, Hawaii officials say. Photo by Marc Szeglat via ...

Volcano tourism isn’t new. After all, getting closer to a violent volcanic eruption didn’t work out too well at Pompeii in 79 A.D. for Pliny the Elder. He sailed across the bay to rescue friends but ...

In A Nutshell Mars was erupting while T. rex roamed Earth: A Martian volcano system was active between 64 and 50 million ...

1 /2 VIDEO COURTESY USGS The live view from the eastern rim of the caldera. COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The view of Halemaumau Crater from the eastern rim of the caldera showing lava flowing onto ...

Not even the strongest microbes can survive volcanic eruptions, but they are capable of returning surprisingly quickly, according to a new study. Reading time 3 minutes Microbes have a penchant to ...