Santorini in Greece was created by a volcanic eruption. Now, it is feared that another volcanic eruption could destroy it.

Perched on top of Santorini's sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk ...

The Heard and McDonald Islands have no permanent human residents, but they are home to millions of penguins, seals, and other ...

Is Iceland calling your name? That mystical, otherworldly land of waterfalls, volcanoes, and hot springs is closer than you think—just one nonstop flight away from NYC on Icelandair. On today’s ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now ...

About 2 hours from San Francisco, 3 hours from Oakland, and 5 hours from Los Angeles sits Pinnacles National Park. This ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile earlier this week has put authorities and citizens on alert. The volcanic complex, located ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

This model will be used to explore how deep Earth processes—such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonics—contributed to the formation of critical metals and helped shape a habitable world. The ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...