Lassen Volcanic National Park announced it closed its main through-road on Wednesday after wet autumn storms dumped heavy snow and ice in the Shasta Cascade mountains east of Redding. But you can ...

Beryl Rappaport, a microbiologist completing her Ph.D. at Syracuse University, and a team of researchers identified a new ...

At a steaming creek in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, a tiny amoeba just raised the heat ceiling for complex ...

Scientists have identified a single-celled eukaryote thriving in the steaming pools of Lassen Volcanic National Park, challenging long-held beliefs about the th ...

Prokaryotes, which have no distinct nucleus, are still the reigning champs of biological toughness, as they can persist in ...

Scientists have discovered a “fire amoeba” capable of surviving temperatures typically impossible for complex life.

Though California is known worldwide for its sunshine, there’s only one city that holds the title of the Golden State’s ...

Winter sports lovers, who hoped California’s heavy winter storm on Thursday would drop enough snow in the mountains to kick off an early ski season, need to wait a bit longer. The storm that rolled ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park is known for its scenic beauty, plentiful wildlife and, of course, a cranky landscape built up by the cubic miles of lava that gushed from cracks in Earth’s crust. It’s ...