While the idea of approaching an active volcano might sound daunting, there are ways to safely do so. Central America offers several you can view on a hike.

From the Los Angeles County fires to the Caribbean earthquake, the year has been off to a difficult start. Now, more than one volcano is spewing lava, one of which is in the United States.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has set up instruments at the site of the Piparo mud volcano to monitor volcanic ...

Standing 11,260 feet tall, Irazu is the highest active volcano in Costa Rica (its last ... Costa Rica to both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and with the aid of a telescope, Lake Nicaragua.

SAN JUAN ALOTENANGO, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from a Hawaii volcano shot into the sky Tuesday in tall fountains that were expected to grow even bigger as part of an off-and-on eruption. The eruption began Dec. 23 in a ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes ... Juan de Fuca, Cocos, Caribbean, Nazca, Antarctic, Indian, Australian, Philippine, and other smaller plates ...

Many of dead and injured were Australians on a day tour to White Island from a Royal Caribbean Cruises' ship that launched its tour of New Zealand's famed sounds or fjords, lakes and volcanoes ...