Volcanic eruptions release molten lava that reshapes the landscape, creating new landforms like lava plateaus and islands.

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

A changed landscape in Botswana's Mababe Depression is now a hot spot for wildlife year-round.

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world ...

HONOLULU -- A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused ...

Since flag independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and since the gruesome murder of its founding president, Patrice ...

The Axial Seamount—a volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and a mile underwater—is slowly showing signs of an impending eruption. Although less well-known that other volcanic giants of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — One of the world’s most active volcanoes is back in action. The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Scott K. Johnson, Science ...