Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

Scientists have shed light on a thermal process in magma that may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very ...

Native 'ohi'a lehua trees can briefly close tiny pores in their leaves to limit how much sulfur dioxide gas gets inside when winds shift amid a volcanic eruption.

Kilauea has erupted dozens of times since 1952 (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) Dazzling footage of the world's most active volcano, located on Hawaii's Big Island, shows a towering fountain of ...

While Haleakala hasn't erupted for hundreds of years, that doesn't mean it won't.

USGS reports a 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Hawaii's Big Island Friday night near Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo amid ongoing Kilauea volcano monitoring.

In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in a tremendous explosion. By the time pyroclastic ...

The last eruption of Greece’s Methana volcano was around 250 B.C.E. Ever since that event, which was recorded by the Greek historian Strabo, the mountain has lurked silently, just across the Saronic ...