For wines from Sicily, see Volcanic island wines. Volcanoes loom large in Italy’s history and culture (the word ‘volcano’ in fact comes from Vulcano, one of the seven islands in the Aeolian ...

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A new study led by University of Arizona researchers has uncovered how massive volcanic eruptions in the Andes Mountains ...

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 ...

Anacondas were already massive when they appeared more than 12 million years ago. Fossils now show that their size has barely ...

An animal once believed extinct for 11 million years, has been rediscovered in the jungles of Laos, offering new insights ...

The megalodon (Otodus megalodon) is another step closer to becoming the first state shark in the United States. At the last ...

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Scientists have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved 20-million-year-old fossil leaf in the foothills of the Himalayas, ...

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Researchers have uncovered new evidence that short-lived spikes in ocean phosphorus may have played a major role in two of the most severe marine extinctions in Earth's history. Dr. Matthew Dodd from ...