Note: This is the fourth in a series of six Guest Opinions commemorating the Craters of the Moon National Monument Centennial. While southern Idaho’s vast Snake River Plain is lauded and renowned ...

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho announced Thursday that postdoctoral researcher, Ian T.W. Flynn found what looks to be a spatter cone of volcanic matter on Mars. Flynn compared the volcanic ...

Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park will be closed for the rest of the 2024 season for safety concerns after a recent hydrothermal explosion sent rocks as large as 3 feet wide hundreds of feet ...

Lava channels that crusted over became lava tubes, effectively transporting lava significant distances downhill until the lava supply waned, whereupon the tubes were mostly emptied, forming enticing ...

Finn said the paper on Idaho’s Cassia Hills is the first in a series examining the region in greater geological detail. He’s been working with other scientists for six years as he completes his ...

Scientists are on high alert after threat levels rose for three US volcanoes Thursday, suggesting eruptions may be imminent. The US Geological Survey (USGS) placed Alaska's Great Sitkin on 'Watch' ...

MOSCOW, Idaho - A study led by the University of Idaho has uncovered the first evidence of a volcanic spatter cone on Mars. According to a press release from the University of Idaho, Ian Flynn, a ...