Is there anything more spectacular than a towering lava fountain? Think about what it is: glowing red molten rock being shot into the sky, potentially hundreds or thousands of feet. As ubiquitous and ...

Scientists have mapped what are essentially the bones, blood vessels and nervous system of a "zombie volcano" to develop a comprehensive look inside. The Bolivian volcano Uturuncu hasn't erupted for ...

Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories. But despite the jolts and temblors, geologists say there's ...

Italy’s Mount Etna erupted Monday, causing tourists to flee as smoke and ash billowed from Europe’s tallest active volcano. Have no fear: this won't happen in New England any time soon as there are ...

This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken World June 6, 2012 — -- Are you worried about the end of life as we know it? Then don't just look to the sky for that catastrophic asteroid ...

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

Scientists say they've discovered a 400-mile chain of extinct and fossilized volcanoes beneath southern China. The volcanoes, the researchers claim, were likely formed when two major tectonic plates ...