Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...

A recent update on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) website offers new insights into the timing of a potential eruption of ...

Get On This Day In History delivered straight to your inbox ️ ... in emergency preparedness and response for natural disasters. The eruption melted part of the volcano's ice cap, creating massive ...

Geologists from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory are often asked to estimate how likely future eruptions are at ...

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

Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

When a volcanic eruption engulfed the ancient city of Pompeii, the final desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

Recent research may have reshaped our understanding of the victims of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption ...