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

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 ...

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

If something seems very heavy for its size (like a heavy metal object), we say it is more dense. If something seems light for its size (like a bag of cotton or pumice rock), then we say it has low ...

You probably turn to all sorts of oven-cleaning hacks to deal with these stains, but have you ever attempted to use a pumice stone? Kathy Cohoon, operations manager at Two Maids, revealed that you ...

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

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, the volcano spewed hot, lethal gases and ash into the air, slowly killing most of the ...

People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...

The researchers also determined that it was plastic itself that was causing this issue, not other sharp objects like large squid beaks or pumice rocks that flesh-footed shearwaters normally eat. While ...

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

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 ...