For years, social media users have shared images and videos they claimed show Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological ...

Feathers belonging to a griffon vulture that died around 30,000 years ago have become the first fossils of their kind, ...

Volcanic eruptions are the primary force behind ... Basaltic lava, which is rich in iron and magnesium, cools into dark-colored rock that can later erode into black sand. The interaction between ...

Tephra is a general term for fragments of volcanic rock and lava that are blasted into the air by explosions or carried upward by hot gases. Tephra includes large, dense chunks, light rock debris ...

A massive rock, Mesa Vouno, sits between the two beaches ... is striking with the icy glaciers set against the dark-colored volcanic beach. One of the best ways to reach the area is with a ...