Volcanoes are rumbling as scientists monitor earthquakes at Washington's Mount Rainier and Alaska's Iliamna volcano.

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On ...

Tourist rescued after plunging off cliff at Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano, one of world's most active volcanoes currently erupting with lava fountains exceeding 1,000 feet.

Hawaii Volcanoes is brimming with duality. When I first arrived at the park, on the southeastern edge of the Big Island, I was surprised to find that the area's lush, tropical foliage was ...

When it comes to volcanoes, there are a number of ways they can pop up, but Hawaii is a great example of a Hot Spot. The heat and rock are not distributed evenly in the mantle.

Axial Seamount formed on what’s known as a hot spot, where plumes of molten rock rise from Earth’s mantle into the crust. This geological process is not uncommon: Hot spot volcanoes dot the ...

Iceland, which sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic, averages an eruption every four to five years.The most disruptive in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull ...

A volcano has erupted on a mountain near Iceland's capital Reykjavik after days of rising earthquake activity in the area, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Wednesday.

The rocks beneath an ancient volcano on the moon’s far side remain surprisingly warm, scientists have revealed using data from orbiting Chinese spacecraft.

One enticement of visiting Hawaii Volcanoes, on the Big Island, is witnessing the eruption of young Kilauea—the world’s most active volcano—and basking in the glow of its lava-filled caldera ...