See What the Inside of a Volcano Looks Like, Courtesy of Some Unlucky Drones
Two unlucky drones were sacrificed to capture this incredible footage from inside an active volcano's crater.
Two unlucky drones were sacrificed to capture this incredible footage from inside an active volcano's crater.
The 555-carat black carbonado diamond is purported to be from outer space, though some experts are questioning its origin story.
The Appalachian Mountains occupy a towering spot in North American cultural identity, thanks in part to the Appalachian Trail. The rugged peaks have been influencing the continent for a lot longer than we’ve been around to appreciate them.
The metal known as pyrite fooled gold rush enthusiasts in the 1800s, but it turns out the material may contain gold after all.
When the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals reopen at the American Museum of Natural History on June 12, they will feature a new exhibit of animal-inspired jewelry.
At Pizza Pacaya in Guatemala, customers can order a pizza pie cooked with lava from an erupting volcano.
When the long-dormant Geldingardalsgos volcano erupted in Iceland this month, scientists took the opportunity to have a lava-fueled barbecue.
The legendary summit is now nearly 2 feet taller, thanks to China and Nepal thawing out their contentious debate over its size.
Bermuda's red soil and the Bahamas's white-sand beaches might have come from the same place: the Sahara Desert.
Fear not: the chances of “The Big One” hitting while you read this article are very, very slim. But that doesn't mean you should let your guard down.
Research shows that a volcanic eruption in Alaska triggered a two-year cooling period in the Mediterranean—possibly destabilizing an already volatile Roman Republic.
Bombs were dropped near Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano to divert the flow of lava in the 1930s and 1940s, and two devices that never exploded have just been discovered.
Old Faithful isn't as predictable as it used to be, but geologists in Yellowstone National Park can still time its eruptions pretty accurately.
From a lake the color of Pepto-Bismol to mysterious rock rings in the Sahara Desert, these strange geological wonders continue to stump scientists.
Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, is a sacred site to the Anangu people. As of Saturday, it will be permanently closed to tourists looking to climb it.
Standing around 325 feet tall from peak to base, Chimney Rock looms like a lighthouse on the Great Plains—and had a starring role in a popular video game.
See the satellite photo that just confirmed the existence of an extremely rare lava lake on a remote island.
The ocean basins are constantly opening and closing, so what caused Pangea to break apart is slowly putting the next supercontinent together.
Archaeologists aren't sure how ancient people moved the rocks used to make Stonehenge 4000 years ago. But now, part of the mystery has been solved.
When you really think about how recent some discoveries we take for granted are, Pluto and Clint Eastwood have a lot in common.
They formed when a crater hit the spot 15 million years ago.
She thought she had dug up a piece of glass.
The continents are going to look very different 50 million years from now.
If you have a cell phone in your pocket or dirt on your shoes, you’re carrying silicon.