This story appears in the April 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. When? This is the question that has brought two of the world's leading volcano scientists to the center of Africa ...

Magma is the name given to molten material inside the earth (volcano) whereas lava is the name given to molten material which is often ejected from a volcano and then cools and solidifies.

At school I had a real interest in Science, Geography and also Maths. I apply the skills and knowledge that I learnt in school into the world of volcanoes. Currently I’m using drones to map ...

Minecraft tweeted a picture of a map referencing the Geography Terms poster, and it includes a few biomes not featured ...

It may surprise you, but yes, ice volcanoes do exist! While cryovolcanoes that erupt gases, water, ammonia, and hydrocarbons only exist on icy planets and moons far away in our solar system ...

A new study reveals that Hawai‘i’s two most active volcanoes, Kīlauea and Maunaloa, share the same source of magma deep within the Earth. For years, scientists believed these volcanoes had completely ...

Despite being more than 600 kilometres from the nearest volcano, the river averaged 86C. According to National Geographic, that is hot enough “to cook a small animal in seconds.” What makes it ...