One eruption thought to be responsible for the global cooling event from 1831 to 1833 was attributed to Babuyan Claro in the ...

An unknown volcano erupted so explosively in 1831 that it cooled Earth's climate. Now, nearly 200 years later, scientists ...

A volcano in the U.S. state of Hawaii has fired fountains of lava some 80 meters into the air in a dramatic eruption on the Big Island, filling its crater with glowing molten rock. The latest eruption ...

Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years. The creature, resembling a ...

Four policemen were injured in a pipe bomb attack in southern Thailand. The border police were manning a security checkpoint ...

Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. The House Ethics Committee found evidence that ...

Donald Trump has again called to buy Greenland after threatening Canada and eyeing a Panama Canal takeover, among other statements that have critics questioning the president-elect’s potential plans ...

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Billionaire Elon Musk, set to join President-elect Donald Trump’s administration as an outside adviser, waded into Germany’s election campaign today, calling the far-right Alternative for ...

If there's one thing you, and Gollum, should know about volcanoes, it's that "lava=hot". That, and it's not a great idea to attempt to plug them up with concrete. The most common type of lava flow ...

Officials from Greenland were so besieged by mining honchos ... In August the Batagay Crater in Russia, the world’s largest slump, became visible from space. Since opening in the 1960s, it ...

The rarely seen Greenland shark is a sluggish creature ... just completed its 3 ½-month ascent up the steep rim of Jezero Crater on Mars, spotting an unusual zebra-striped rock along the way.