A major Yellowstone eruption likely won’t happen for thousands, and potentially millions, of years. Scientists say that the ...

When Mauna Loa erupted in 2022, the largest lava flow headed on a path headed directly toward Daniel K. Inouye State Highway ...

Watch live as the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, erupts for the first time in almost 40 years ...

The 44th episode of lava fountaining on Thursday saw streams ascending over 500 feet above the vent in spectacular color.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected an increase in shallow seismicity and localized ground deformation beneath the ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted again early Thursday, marking its 45th episode since December 2024.

A paper published in Nature Communications suggests that dissolved gases returning into cooling magma, rather than escaping from it, could help drive some of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth.

A vast eruption beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean has been confirmed as the largest volcanic event ever recorded on the ocean floor. The 2012 explosion at the Havre volcano, near New Zealand, ...

Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...

Kīlauea has erupted episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Episode 44 of summit lava fountaining ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

Volcanic ash from the Andes fed ocean life, increased algae growth, and reduced carbon dioxide, slowly cooling Earth millions ...