Driving the news: The seamount has erupted several times over the last three decades — in 1998, 2011 and 2015 — and each time ...

Thousands of pearl octopuses were discovered in 2018 lining thermal vents near a deep-sea volcano. Researchers now know why octopus moms gather there. Scientists watched in real time as rising ...

Watch what happens: The Ammonium chromate creates the volcano-like fire. The octopus effect comes from the Mercury (II) thiocyanate decomposing. Decomposing Mercury thiocyanate is sometimes called ...