Let’s image the simplest, most boring volcano possible. It consists of a magma balloon fed by a straw. The ground is perfectly flat above the balloon. Magma comes up the straw at a constant ...

When it last awoke in 2014, Bardarbunga produced Iceland’s biggest eruption in more than 200 years, spewing out fountains of lava hundreds of feet high. Scientists in Iceland have their eyes on this ...

From the fiery lava fountains of Hawaiʻi’s Kīlauea volcano to the dramatic eruption of the Reykjanes Peninsula Fissure ...

But the biggest story of the year was the Big Island’s active volcano, Kīlauea, that has been putting on a show for a year ...

After the smoke cleared from ringing in the new year, the shocking news emerged that one celebration had turned deadly when a ...

Two persons were seen walking dangerously close to Kilauea's erupting lava fountains, as seen in footage captured by a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) webcam on Tuesday (December 23), sparking safety ...

Huge lava fountains and plumes of ash were seen being sent high into the night sky over the weekend. Find out more here.

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Experience the leading edge of nature's drama as Mount Etna thunders into action in a spectacular eruption that draws ...

The institute described the episode as the strongest so far within a generally normal and closely monitored phenomenon ...

The Durham Museum, located in Omaha’s former Union Station, preserves the city’s history in a magnificent Art Deco building that makes you nostalgic for the golden age of rail travel. The restored ...