Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

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

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument highlights northern Arizona’s volcanic (and explosive) past, speckled with cinder cones and long-hardened lava flows People often get Sunset Crater confused ...

The eruption is happening within a closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park without posing a threat to homes or infrastructure.

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 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on ...

Small, sporadic spatter fountains began Sunday, which grew more intense, the observatory said. The fountains grew from 50 feet (15.24 meters) high to 250 feet (76.2 meters) high in an hour on Monday ...

"Witnessing the 2026 solar eclipse from a cruise ship offers an unparalleled vantage point, all while enjoying the serene ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's ...

Iceland is filled with wonders. Alexander Armstrong daringly hovers over a volcanic eruption in a helicopter to learn more about its deadly emissions. He then finds out about the Icelandic belief ...