Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ...

Welcome to the Land of Oz? That's what some scientists were left wondering when they discovered what appeared to be a yellow ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

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

a hail of pumice stones rained down. Earthquakes shook the ground. Buildings and roofs collapsed. A fast-moving pyroclastic ...

A vast "raft" of volcanic rocks stretching over 150 sq km (58 sq miles) is drifting through the Pacific Ocean, scientists say. The sea of pumice - the size of 20,000 football fields - was first ...

CNN published an article on Friday discussing the discoveries made from a new Pompeii investigation. Ancient DNA revealed ...

Pumice stones are formed from volcanic lava that cools rapidly, trapping gas bubbles within the rock. These stones are ...

If something seems light for its size (like a bag of cotton or pumice rock), then we say it has low density. Mass is the amount of matter in an object. Volume is how much space the object takes up.

Scientists are racing to find out whether rapid glacial melt could drive a surge in eruptions — and what that means for ...

The alleged facial in a jar is made with volcanic pumice rock that deeply and naturally exfoliates and detoxifies skin. It's also said to deliver spa-level results (think smoother, glowing skin ...