In a year of whirlwind travels, one city left an indelible mark on my heart. It is one I am desperate to return to next year ...

And while those spots have righteously earned their fame, the island’s western coast is where Sicily slows down and shows off.After a very long travel day, I floated just off the rocky edge of Domina ...

When hundreds of volcanologists gathered in Geneva last July for the world’s largest volcanology conference, Italy’s Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) drew particular attention.

Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line before it breaks.