Where Volcanoes Are Born 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 ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes ...

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 ...

Huge lava fountains and plumes of ash were seen being sent high into the night sky over the weekend. Find out more here.

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

One notable incident came on May 22, 1919, when a barrage of eruptive activity caused a 1,000-kilogram (2,205-pound) block of ...

1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption: It happened in the crater just north of the volcano’s caldera, lasting only about a month with 17 ...

Viewers watching the US Geological Survey’s livestream of the latest eruption of Kīlauea on Tuesday evening were surprised to ...

Experience the leading edge of nature's drama as Mount Etna thunders into action in a spectacular eruption that draws ...

The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island shot lava fountains as high as 1,400 feet into the air, the USGS reported.