Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line ...

American Samoa doesn’t make it onto many bucket lists, and that’s precisely what makes it extraordinary. Tucked into the ...

Human history, a jaw-dropping grab bag, blunts easy assessments, let alone presumptive superiority to one sect, tribe or mindset. Never before have privileged Americans faced such ...

Witness the raw and untamed power of our planet in this stunning 4K UHD cinematic footage of an active volcano. Fiery lava bursts from the earth, glowing with intense heat and color as smoke rises ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak. After perusing decorations ranging from ...

That prosperity, however, abruptly ended when the volcanic ... “I know many kids want to come back,” she said. Warning signs are displayed at a fenced-off lava field in Grindavik, Iceland, Monday, Oct ...

Then the volcanic ... “I know many kids want to come back,” she said. In parts of Grindavík and surrounding areas, lava has buried roads and houses, leaving sharp rocks which smolder for months. The ...