Yellowstone National Park's geological history is one of the most intensely studied in North America. A new geologic unit ...

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...

Giant, large-scale eruptions can have more serious impacts. One such event contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs 66 ...

A volcanic eruption sank Aenaria nearly 2,000 years ago. Now, underwater tours and ongoing excavations are bringing Ischia's ...

Climate change could potentially awaken hundreds of dormant volcanoes worldwide, according to recent models studying ...

But each volcano is different. Some burst to life in violent eruptions, like the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, and others burp rivers of lava in what’s known as an effusive eruption, like ...

New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity ...

Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new ...

Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...

The 1,584m volcano, situated on Flores island, is part of a twin-peaked formation with the taller and less active Mount ...

While considered an active volcano, Mount Rainier hasn’t erupted in at least a century, possibly much longer. The U.S ...