A white-tailed tropicbird, known locally as Koaʻe Kea, was filmed flying serenely over a spectacular lava fountain during a volcanic eruption in Hawaiʻi. This stunning footage highlights the ...

The well-known Mount Kīlauea Volcano erupted for the 43rd time on Tuesday in Hawaii, and people in the area are being advised ...

The fragile-looking filaments of cooled lava known as Pele’s hair can form when pockets of bubble-rich lava pull apart rapidly, experiments suggest. Among all the ways that molten rock can solidify ...

Volcanic eruptions are significant geologic hazards. Underwater volcanoes are challenging to study, yet they play an integral role in marine geology and may cause destructive tsunamis that can ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volano erupts on Tuesday, March 10. Kilauea, an active volcano on the island of Hawai'i, erupted on March 10 ...

It is sometimes said to be the highest volcano in Europe. There is an obvious problem with that: El Teide is not in Europe. It may be Spanish, but the location is in the Canary Island which ...

Video. Kilauea is shooting lava fountains up to 300 metres high, and falling tephra is forcing temporary closures on Hawaii’s Big Island. The fountaining that began Tuesday morning marked the eruption ...

Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky.

This dramatic island formation is Seongsan Ilchulbong on Jeju Island, South Korea. The crater formed thousands of years ago ...

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

Scientists compare volcanic cones on Earth and Mars to explain how gas-rich magma forms scoria cones. Spacecraft observations and Earth analog sites provide evidence of similar eruptive processes.

A breathtaking astronaut photo reveals El Salvador’s Lake Coatepeque—an ancient volcanic crater lake that sometimes ...