A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas carrying the bubonic plague.

A volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic the Black Death, scientists say. Clues preserved in tree rings suggest the eruption ...

(CNN) — The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels found the bodies of more victims of an eruption at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire on Monday, and rescuers pulled 10 people still alive ...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) - Searing gas avalanched down an Indonesian volcano with a thunderous roar, torching houses and trees and incinerating villagers as they fled Mount Merapi's worst eruption ...

Authorities have revealed the cause of death for Brazilian hiker Juliana Marins. Marins was hiking Indonesia’s Mount Rinjani with five friends when she fell from the volcano on June 21 and was found ...

Ever wonder what it would look like to be engulfed in a lava fountain as you choke on volcanic ash and burn to death? No? Well, you’re wondering now, aren’t you? Don’t worry, what you’re about to see ...