Science offers a rational explanation: many floating stones are pumice, a volcanic rock formed when lava cools rapidly, ...

Mysterious, floating stones have been found on beaches across Monmouth County and ocean officials are trying to figure out what they are and where they came from.

Pumice is an example of extrusive igneous rock. The word extrusive means that ... it can be as much as 10 times hotter than boiling water! This is why you have to be very careful when you try ...

An eruption of a submarine volcano called Funka Asane in the Ogasawara island chain was detected on March 27, prompting a warning for ash and rocks as well as floating pumice to be issued.

Pumice stones spewed from an undersea volcano ... said Nov. 16 that its latest computer simulation indicated that the floating volcanic stones will first pass along the coasts of the Tokai and ...