The mountain was named Mount Rainier back in 1792 by British explorer George Vancouver. He named it after his friend, Peter Rainier, a member of the British military who had never been to Washington.

Alaska ’s Mount Spurr, a snow-covered volcano 75 miles outside Anchorage, is showing signs it could erupt soon, experts warned. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said the volcano will ...

“It is also possible that an eruption could occur with little or no additional warning,” the Alaska Volcano Observatory ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

Alaska's Mount Spurr, an active volcano near the most populated region in the state, is getting even closer to an eruption, ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Wednesday said Mount Spurr is at risk of erupting within the next few weeks or months, potentially impacting residents 78 miles away in the city of Anchorage.

From Buriticupu to China via India, scientists say that large-scale catastrophes are happening at six times the rate they ...

Access to facilities, including restrooms and trails, could be limited at national parks and U.S. Forest Service lands, ...

Social media users are escalating the long-simmering battle between Washington and Oregon into an all-out roast session, ...

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius ... turns out the eruption had somehow ...

Image: The remains of a custodian killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pic: Reuters/Pier Paolo Petrone The man was first discovered in the 1960s inside a building called the College of the ...