New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...

Christmas trees are placed in prominent locations in homes, typically in front of a large picture window or in the corners of ...

A new study from the University of Minnesota found that several species of parasitic fungi were effective at killing emerald ...

Volcanic eruptions could have fueled the spread of the Black Death plague across medieval Europe, according to a new study ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe have uncovered evidence that a volcanic eruption released ash and gases into the ...

A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the Black Plague to Europe in the 14th century.

CLARKSTON, Mich. – A rare old-growth forest in suburban Detroit has been enrolled in a venerated network of special forests ...

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...

Starting Saturday, more than 20,000 lights will roar back on the deodar cedars towering over a nearly mile-long stretch of ...

The Black Death remains one of the most catastrophic pandemics in human history, claiming the lives of an estimated 25 million people across Europe between 1347 and 1351. Recent research suggests that ...

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we know today.

The first recorded date of Christmas in England was in the year 597 when Augustine baptised 10,000 Saxons in Kent on ...