Of all the forces of nature, volcanoes are some of the most unpredictable, but some researchers think this volcano is waking ...

Satellites detect that Iran's Taftan volcano has risen 3.5 inches, which is an indication of internal pressure and volcanic reactivation.

For three days, a remote volcano off the Pacific Northwest coast has been shaking almost nonstop, a deep rumble beneath the ...

Mount Shasta, a steep-sided Cascade Range stratovolcano in Northern California, looms above Little Glass Mountain, a thick obsidian flow erupted from the Medicine Lake shield volcano about 1,000 years ...

Two long-dormant “supervolcanoes” on two separate continents appear to be stirring to life. Well, maybe. In recent months, more than a thousand minor earthquakes have rattled the area around the Campi ...

An "unusually large" ice volcano in Iceland could be about to blow after more than 130 earthquakes hit the region in a five-hour period, experts say. The earthquake swarm began in the northwestern ...

While you might associate volcanic eruptions with distant lands, numerous active volcanoes across America could potentially erupt tomorrow. The Yellowstone Caldera is not just a tourist hot spot; it’s ...

Topographic mapping has been a key component of volcano monitoring for decades, helping scientists to study morphologic changes and predict the paths of lava flows during eruptions. Lidar systems are ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by using volcanic tremors to map the magma beneath Tanzania's Ol Doinyo ...

For the third time since December, a volcano system in southwestern Iceland is erupting. Lava from the eruption engulfed a pipe and cut off a hot water supply to about 30,000 people across Reykjanes ...

The volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula began erupting again on Sunday morning—with lava reaching the evacuated small town of Grindavik, setting houses on fire about one month after an eruption ...

A volcano system in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since Dec., sending lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation’s ...