After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

A man who ended up being consumed by a volcanic eruption left behind some devastating final words as he watched it come ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. – Researchers studying the aftermath of the massive eruption that led to the widespread destruction of ecosystems around Mount St. Helens in 1980 believe a particular species ...

“These trees have their own mycorrhizal fungi that picked up nutrients from the dropped needles and helped fuel rapid tree ...

Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were magical.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...

Just two years earlier, a cataclysm erased life in the landscape. The explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 blew out the mountain's northern flank and destroyed some 135 square miles of ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 ... Two years after the eruption, they tested this theory. "They're often considered pests, but we thought they would take old soil, move it to the surface ...

It starts with the eruption of Mount St. Helens in May of 1980. It was the most destructive volcanic event in American history, claiming 57 lives and causing staggering ecological damage.

Instead, what he remembers is the sense of community around the lake before Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. “The people that knew each other then, our grandkids are intermarried and are friends,” he ...