Hawai‘i County Civil Defense reports in its post-ashfall update message that Episode 41 of the ongoing summit eruption within Halema‘uma‘u Crater in the caldera of Kīlauea volcano produced significant ...

The land around a strange volcano in Tanzania is bulging, suggesting magma may be accumulating in a shallow reservoir beneath the surface. The movement could be a precursor to an eruption, researchers ...

Here are some of the once-in-a-lifetime questions I asked myself recently while staying at Jade Mountain — the No. 1 ranked resort in St. Lucia and one of the 10 best hotels in the world for its ...

"Volcano: Birth of a Mountain" chronicles the eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, beginning on May 24, 1969. The film details the scientific observations made during the eruption, which lasted ...

Researchers are setting up extra volcanic monitoring stations in the Cascades this month after a flurry of earthquakes. Should you panic? No. According to Wes Thelen, a research seismologist with the ...

Olympus Mons is a giant volcano on Mars. It is the tallest mountain in space. It is almost three times higher than Mount Everest. It shows us how amazing the rocks and land on Mars can be.

Sunday marks the anniversary of the May 18, 1980, volcanic eruption that rocked the Northwest. Geologist Carolyn Driedger recounts the haunting day before that catastrophic event — and its lasting ...

What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter) ...