The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in ...

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to people.

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

Earth once just had one continent known as Pangea that slowly broke apart to form the continents we know today.

Deep in the heart of the Amazon, in the Mayantayacu region of Peru, there is the Shanay-timpishka river, where a person can be boiled alive. Its water temperature reaches up to 100 °C. The name of the ...