After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

Since the formation of Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the convection and release of hot magma in its mantle layer ...

A team of American scientists sought to learn whether an American team of burrowing rodents could help restore Mount St ...

St. Helens’ mountain recovery shows how gophers and fungi revived barren land. They spurred long-lasting ecological regrowth ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The ...

Chris Newhall will highlight the pre-eruption preparation and introduce the eruption ... then worked in northern Arizona and at Mount St. Helens, and has been privileged to work on many other ...

On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles. He is believed to have written the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest books ...

After weeks of being shut down in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, public schools in Asheville, North Carolina, are reopening. Asheville City Schools is opening its doors Monday with an adjusted ...

Sunday’s eruption came five months after monsoon rains triggered a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi, causing rivers to breach their banks. The deluge tore through mountainside ...

In the shadow of Mount Everest, the town of Thame in eastern Nepal was hit by a devastating flood in late September. This is the second time in as many months that people in Nepal have had to endure a ...

Thousands of logs were washed into Spirit Lake after the eruption of Mount St. Helens and have stayed there for 44 years. Courtesy of US Forest Service Meanwhile, Spirit Lake continues to settle ...