A 2020 astronaut photo shows the unique structure of Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active stratovolcano in Tanzania that was recently ...

Mount Etna intensified on Monday, Aug. 10, sending abundant volcanic ash south-southwest from its summit and disrupting ...

Scientists say one of Earth’s most explosive volcanoes is slowly filling again with magma after thousands of years. The volcano is the underwater Kikai volcano located off the coast of Japan. It last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what remains ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Melting glaciers may be setting the stage for more frequent and ...

Stunning social media videos erupted from the northern coast of Colombia on Feb. 25, when a mud volcano exploded, shooting flames high into the sky and prompting evacuations, local officials reported.

Masaya Volcano. (Leon Petrosyan/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) A major volcano in Nicaragua has not one but two active magma chambers, scientists reveal in a new study, shedding important light on ...

Some of history’s most powerful eruptions may have plunged Earth into centuries of sustained cooling. A volcanic eruption can ...

Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less than five minutes at Taal Volcano. The eruption sent a column of ash and ...

Ancient volcanic eruptions may explain why Earth experienced 22 prolonged Holocene cold periods, according to a new climate study.