Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano shot out lava for the 49th time that we know of.

Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia's long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday, days after an eruption that left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and caused flight cancellations ...

Roughly 245 volcanoes that have been dormant for thousands of years sit beneath or beside glaciers that are now shrinking ...

Over the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kilauea has had 49 episodes of lava ...

A volcano in Russia's far east on Wednesday spewed ash several kilometers into the sky, authorities said, putting on a spectacular display in its latest eruption. The Shiveluch volcano is one of the ...

Extreme drought, rather than a planetary winter, might be humanity’s biggest challenge in the years after a huge volcanic eruption 1. Global temperatures can plummet after a large eruption, if the ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...