How many of the 160 named volcanoes in the U.S. and territories do you know? If you live in Alaska you have a big advantage.

Politics is the art of the possible. And more often than not, the gradual erosion of the political soil by the dirt and ...

European leaders are likely to be pressured to take a harder line on China, even as they see a more immediate threat from ...

The Indian Ocean "gravity hole" is a region where Earth's mass is reduced, leading to weak gravitational pull, ...

Iceland, with nearly 400,000 inhabitants, is located on the fault line between the Eurasian and North American tectonic ...

A volcano erupted in southern Iceland, near the town of Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon spa, marking the region's seventh ...

A discovery by accident led to a massive historic revelation in the Italian Alps where beneath the melting snow lay fossilized proof of a prehistoric ecosystem that dated back 280 million years. They ...

The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a discovery that RNA—a key molecule ...

The signs are there to suggest F1’s tectonic plates are shifting - but even Lando Norris may never have it this good again ...

Lava flowing from Iceland's latest volcanic eruption on Thursday engulfed the main parking lot of one of Iceland's biggest ...

Alan Lightman collects images of amazement and delight from the natural world.