Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...

Mount Spurr has been showing signs of an eruption since last year, but scientists think one is even more imminent.

The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier thousands of years ago.

Scientists are urging people who live in south-central Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of the Mount Spurr ...

If Mount Spurr does erupt, it could produce explosive plumes of ash, destructive mudslides called lahars and avalanches of hot gas, ash and rock called pyroclastic flows, which would race down the ...

Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...

Attendees offered a prayer to 43 victims who died in 1991, and to another person who died in the pyroclastic flows that occurred on June 23, 1993. A pyroclastic flow is a deadly, fast-moving mix ...

They conclude the vitrification was caused by an ash cloud that arrived in Herculaneum before the pyroclastic flows from the volcano. Pyroclastic flows are extremely hot and fast currents of ...

Semeru Volcano in East Java erupted seven times on Monday morning, throwing ash up to 1,000 meters, according to a ...

A UCC-based scientist has led an international team to have made a breakthrough discovery in the preservation of fossils.