Smithsonian Magazine

For 25 Years, the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program Has Kept Weekly Tabs on Volcanic Eruptions Around the World. Here’s How They Do It

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...
Lassen County Times

Sections of Lassen Volcanic National Park open today

Lassen Volcanic National Park will partially reopen on Saturday, Aug. 17, following the lifting of some Park Fire evacuation orders and warnings, according to a statement from LVNP. Parts of Lassen ...
Nature

‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell

This cell likes it hot. A tiny, single-celled amoeba that can thrive at temperatures that kill all other known complex life — organisms whose cells contain a nucleus and internal structures — has been ...
a-z-animals

All the Animals Found in Lassen Volcanic National Park

As its name suggests, volcanoes are the main feature of Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. Lassen Peak, for which the park is named, is considered the largest plug dome volcano in the world, ...
SFGate

Main highway through California national park closes due to snow, ice

An ongoing winter storm has brought heavy snowfall to Northern California’s Cascade Range, prompting the closure of the main highway through Lassen Volcanic National Park, officials announced. The ...
Redding Record Searchlight

Lassen Volcanic National Park closes highway, still open for winter fun. What to know

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 ...