Don’t look now, but there’s a volcano erupting on Pine Island Road — rumbling and smoking and blasting fireballs into the Cape Coral sky. It’s hard to miss. And that’s the whole point, says Chris ...

image: A view of the cliffs cutting through the Deccan Traps from near Mahabaleshwar, illustrating the dramatic landscape and thickness of the basaltic pile, which reaches over 11,000 feet. Princeton ...

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The asteroid or comet that smacked into Earth 66 million years ago might not be the only culprit behind the dinosaurs' demise. Two new studies in the journal Science examine the possible connection ...

New research points to volcanic activity as a major cause of prehistoric mass extinctions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Major ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For 165 million years, dinosaurs dominated land, sea, and sky ...

Think back to any dinosaur illustration you saw as a kid. The background was almost certainly one of two things: an asteroid streaking across the sky or a volcano blowing its top. (If the illustrator ...