DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth ...

A past eruption of Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano has led scientists to a new theory on why and how volcanic fountains form. An international team of scientists studied a 2021 eruption of the ...

A group of researchers spent 15 years studying the unique microbial ecosystems within Hawaii’s lava tubes, geothermal caves and fumaroles, stinky sulfurous openings in the Earth’s crust near volcanoes ...

The lava cactus grows in one of the most hostile environments on Earth, thriving on bare volcanic rock where almost […] ...