Think about a mountain that keeps getting taller but never explodes. This might sound impossible, yet it happens more often ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory keeps its eyes on active volcanoes in many ways. While old fashioned eyes and a notebook are used when field teams are near a volcano, modern volcano ...

More than a dozen volcanos are erupting at the same time worldwide, and three new eruptions joined the list this week. The Smithsonian Institute's Global Volcanism Program tracks new eruptions and ...

Yellowstone National Park, with its stunning geysers and captivating scenery, is one of the most well-known and popular national parks in the country. That meant many people were around to see, flee ...

David Finlay has captured images of bioluminescence, fireflies, ghost mushrooms, meteors and the aurora australis, but seeing ...

At some points, lava fountains reached between 1,000 and 1,100 feet, according to measurements by the Hawaiian Volcano ...

The Tongan volcano eruption was triggered by an explosion as big as five underground nuclear bombs, reveals new research. The cataclysmic Hunga Tonga blast in January 2022 was the largest volcanic ...

Manila — A volcano briefly erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column high into the sky as the government ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from ...