“She was sad about Pompeii,” mom of four Laney ... to listen, and to guide kids through the confusing landscape of big feelings—even if those feelings are about an ancient volcanic eruption.

Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

A volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years could be gearing up for a massive explosion, according to ...

This second episode of a three-part series exploring the intertwined histories of Pompeii and Vesuvius investigates Europe’s most dangerous volcano, and retraces the eruption of 79 AD.

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it unleashed a torrent of destruction that obliterated Pompeii and neighboring towns.

To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...

Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.

Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian ...

Childhood passes faster than we realize, one moment it’s bedtime stories and playgrounds, the next it’s graduation and ...

PBS Kids is expanding “Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures,” which debuted in 2023 as a series of shorts, into a full half-hour series set to debut in 2026. A spinoff of “Super Why,” which ran on PBS ...

After a 38-year period of calm—the longest in its recorded history—Hawaii’s Mauna Loa has reawakened. At approximately 11:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the ...