Mount Saint Helens, Mount Adams, Mount Baker, and Glacier Peak are four of the active volcanoes in Washington state. The fifth, located less than 70 miles from Seattle, is Mount Rainier.

housands of people declined on Thursday a government-led evacuation in North Maluku where a volcano has been spewing smoke and ash, arguing that they are accustomed to the eruptions. Mount Ibu ...

Mount Spurr, whose volcanic ash darkened Anchorage’s skies in 1953 and 1992, may be building toward another eruption, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Mount Otemanu is one of two peaks of an extinct volcano located at the center of the island. Rising 2,400-some feet above the lagoon, this volcanic remnant makes for a dramatic photo op or an ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano has been erupting since December 23. It entered its fourth eruptive episode on Wednesday (Jan 15). Biden pardons revolutionary Marcus Garvey on last full day in office ...

The eruption of Mount Kilauea began on 23 December and has paused periodically since, but restarted on 16 January. This stream has now ended ...

The active Mount Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted in a spectacular Valentine's Day display on Feb. 14, spewing plumes of ash 5,000 meters into the air. According to the Kagoshima ...

Deadly volcanic activity in Japan in recent years includes the 1993 eruption of Mount Unzen’s Fugendake and the 2014 eruption of Mount Ontakesan in central Japan. Both incidents killed dozens of ...

Why it's awesome: Not all slugs blend into the background. Some, like the striking Mount Kaputar slug, stand out from the crowd. These slimy critters not only grow up to 8 inches (20 centimeters ...

Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to 4km into the sky. The volcano's alert status was immediately ...

A loud rumbling sound was heard all the way to Mount Ibu Observation Post," the agency said in a statement. It added that the volcano had erupted 17 times on Sunday alone. Despite deciding to ...

This is the spectacular moment the Mount Ibu volcano erupted, sending a towering column of ash skywards in Indonesia today. Footage shows thick grey smoke billowing thousands of feet into the air ...