A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so ...

Official records show the United States and Indonesia top the world in volcano numbers but depending on how you count them. These nations and a few others together host hundreds of volcanic peaks, ...

Climate‑driven shifts due to volcanic activity, and the increase in grain trade helped bring the Black Death to Italian ports ...

Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe, according to new research. Clues ...

Check the list of the most famous mountain ranges in the U.S., including their locations, unique features, why they are ...

In areas under siege, the growing of fruits and vegetables and the keeping of livestock have always provided a lifeline for desperate urban populations. Lessons from siege warfare in modern times ...

New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...

If you have ever wondered why Iceland and Greenland got their names despite their opposing characteristics, here's a little history lesson for you explorers.

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...

Researchers link a burst of volcanic activity in the mid-14th century directly to the eventual arrival of Yersinia pestis.

In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people ...

Mount Rainier has rattled through thousands of tiny earthquakes this year, a reminder that America’s most lethal volcano is ...