Due to a weird quirk of geology, New Mexico's Bandera Volcano Ice Cave never warms above 31 degrees Fahrenheit, even when ...

Deadliest volcanic eruption: The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which killed up to 100,000 people From lava fountains to towering ash clouds, volcanoes produce some of the most dramatic ...

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

Large lava fountains erupted from the north and south vents Jan. 24 within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater — reaching heights of at least ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment in 1879. Congress created the USGS to “classify the public lands and examine ...

The Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile is part of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex along the Andes mountain range in southern Chile. Philipp Ruprecht, an associate professor at the University of ...

A gigantic bulge in the north rim of the Yellowstone caldera is the latest sign of volcanic activity in the national park.

Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted simultaneously, releasing an enormous amount of lava and offering new clues about what lies beneath the moon’s surface. This unprecedented event, observed ...

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place in 2018 on the south flank of Kīlauea on the Island of Hawaiʻi may have stalled ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has officially erupted for the 41st time since 2024, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory website is currently offline, officials said Sunday. The outage ...

Commemorating a painful past and protecting the vibrant present are not opposing forces in this German resort area.