According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake happened around 7:52 a.m. north of Mount St. Helens, just west of Spirit Lake. USGS equipment recorded the earthquake at a depth ...

A minor earthquake was detected near Morton, Washington, on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The ...

After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...

Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were magical.

Located in southern Washington state, Mount St. Helens is notorious for its eruption on May 18, 1980. The eruption of ...

When Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It was clear the land would take a long time to recover from the eruption. But ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The ...

One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted ... life's return and figured out the puzzle. Now another question arises: How ...

The 2,700-acre lake now sits at the center of a restricted research area taking up roughly a quarter of the 110,000-acre Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, which Congress set aside in ...