If your cherished memories include watching whales breach, spy-hop, and fluke off the coast of Massachusetts on Stellwagen Bank, have we got the island for you. The sheltered bays and sheer underwater ...

Hello from the Goddard Instrument Field Team! Earlier this summer, we visited Katmai National Park as guest researchers. These are some of our photos and notes from the field. In June 1912, the ...

Ischia is famous for its healing thermal waters, but the powers of its geothermal energy are less known – and they're hiding an ancient culinary tradition beneath the surface. I'm wandering through ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park's Bumpass Hell Trail, a three-mile round-trip hike featuring geothermal features, has opened for the summer season. The trail's opening follows the recent clearing of ...

Fans of boiling mud pits, hissing steam vents and stinky sulfurous gases may be interested to know one of the most popular trails in Lassen Volcanic National Park opened this week. The three-mile ...

Before true cells existed on the earth, organic molecules floated freely in water. The first cell membrane created a compartment so that useful molecules like RNA and proteins could stay close enough ...

Recent breakthroughs suggest that hydrogen reservoirs are buried in countless regions of the world, including at least 30 U.S. states. Finding such reservoirs could help accelerate a global energy ...

Researchers have compiled a list of "ingredients" that could help resource exploration companies locate huge reservoirs of clean hydrogen, a critical element in the transition away from fossil fuels.

The likelihood that a volcano 78 miles southwest of Anchorage will imminently erupt has decreased from March, though scientists say it’s still possible. Since October, scientists have been monitoring ...