Living near an active volcano is often a dangerous game: in this slide show, see some of the most deadly volcanoes on Earth and read about their cataclysmic eruptions, which collectively have ...

From left to right: Ancient humans painted this illustration on a rock shelter near a volcano; a color-enhanced version of the rock art, which enhances the cone-shaped feature, the lower elongated ...

Scientific illustrations, Humboldt once wrote, should “speak to the senses without fatiguing the mind.” His famous illustration of Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador shows plant species living at ...