Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the most active in the world, is about to erupt again, according to the United States ...

A new study explains why even gas-rich, supposedly explosive volcanoes sometimes erupt quietly instead of blowing apart.

Learn what would happen if all of Earth’s trash were dumped into volcanoes at once. Surfers robbed, murdered in Baja ...

Volcanoes, with their sheer power and captivating beauty, have mesmerized the human imagination for centuries. These ...

A long dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia's Afar ...

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, long thought to be dormant, sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday ...

Cameras from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on November 22 captured Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spewing flowing lava ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) issued a new orange "watch" alert for Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Sunday, warning that the ...

Learn which countries have the most volcanoes, how volcanoes are formed, why these regions are highly active, and key ...

On Hawaii’s Big Island, photographer Josh Cogan explores one of the world’s most dynamic landscapes—where exploration, ...