The national park urges visitors to stay in open designated areas only.

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(NewsNation) — Did a tropical volcanic eruption in 1345 trigger the Black Death pandemic that ended up decimating up to half of Europe’s population? That’s what researchers suggest in a new scientific ...

The Black Death has long been framed as a purely biological catastrophe, a lethal bacterium riding into crowded ports and tearing through unprepared cities. New research now argues that the pandemic’s ...

A Hawaii man, 33, was found dead after crossing into a restricted section of Kīlauea caldera, sparking an overnight rescue effort. Visitors have been warned to stay on marked paths.

The new research about the Black Death was published earlier this month Getty Scientists suggest in a new study that the Black Death may have been triggered by one or more volcanic eruptions The ...

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...