Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava ...

Europe’s tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, may belong to an obscure group of volcanoes shaped by magma in an unusual way.

Mount Etna’s past eruptions reveal that a single volcano can erupt through very different underground pathways.

Models that inform how magma moves and volcanic eruptions unfold may need an update, according to a new study. It reports that gas bubbles in magmas can form through the mechanical forces of shear as ...

The museum is hosting events throughout the month ranging from an exploration of human evolutionary history to a celebration of all things amphibian Ashley D'Souza This May, the National Museum of ...

Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest stages. Researchers traced the genetic origins of an ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions can influence the climate for years – for example, through ash and sulphur particles injected into the atmosphere that reduce solar radiation. Conversely, geological ...

For more than 100,000 years, a Greek volcano lay silent. But deep underground, it was still growing. Tiny zircon crystals show magma was quietly brewing between eruptions, researchers report April 22 ...

Livestream footage of the Kilauea volcanic eruption caught the moment a whirlwind impacted one of the cameras placed on the ...