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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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.

A bustling port city of close to 20,000 people, Pompeii was buried beneath 20 feet of ash and pumice, which preserved its ...

If you encounter stubborn hair that’s resisting, use a pumice rock. This helps prevent hair from getting caught or getting ...

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 ...

A recent DNA study has upended long-held theories about the people who died in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, revealing ...