An active volcano in northeastern Tanzania known to the Maasai as the “Mountain of God” has been quietly rumbling—and it is showing signs that an eruption is imminent. Known as Ol Doinyo Lengai, the 7 ...

Sakurajima volcano on Japan’s Osumi peninsula averages around 200 eruptions per year, but there is a sizable population base ...

The Fagradals Mountain volcano in southwest Iceland had been dormant for 6,000 years. But on Friday night, following weeks of earthquakes in the area, the volcano came to life. The eruption is the ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

A volcanic eruption might cause greater damage than previously thought to the proposed high-level nuclear waste storage facility beneath Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This, according to research presented ...

Lava fields and high-alpine tundra are only warm-ups for a ride down the slopes of Ecuador’s Cotopaxi. By late morning on the first day, you’re on a state-of-the-art Bulls 29er bike for a short uphill ...

"Volcano: Birth of a Mountain" chronicles the eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, beginning on May 24, 1969. The film details the scientific observations made during the eruption, which lasted ...

Geologists has just discovered interconnected volcanic system right on Alaska's Aleutian Islands called the "Island of Four Mountains" (IFM) after several year. The system comes with six new volcanoes ...

Mauna Loa (as seen from nearby Mauna Kea) is tall enough to have snow, at least when the volcano isn't erupting Courtesy of flickr user superfluity If asked to name the tallest mountain on Earth, most ...