Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is shooting lava fountains up to 1,000 feet, and falling ash and volcanic fragments are forcing temporary closures on the Big Island.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has closed the Kīlauea summit and state officials shut down the main road to the volcano.

Hawaii Island’s Kilauea volcano began erupting on March 10, spewing rock fragments as large as footballs, threatening nearby ...

Kilauea, a volcano in Hawaii, began erupting on Tuesday morning, releasing large volcanic particles into the air, according to officials.

Scientists in the United States have 'blown the lid off' the Yellowstone supervolcano's mysterious underground reservoir of magma. A team of geologists and Earth scientists now claims to have finally ...

The fragile-looking filaments of cooled lava known as Pele’s hair can form when pockets of bubble-rich lava pull apart rapidly, experiments suggest. Among all the ways that molten rock can solidify ...

It was a strange, and slightly wonderful experience, especially following the tight clusters of crowds I’d encountered during previous visits to some of the country’s most pop ...

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U.S. Geological Survey is designated by the Federal Aviation Administration as the entity to issue Volcano Observatory ...

Elle Leontiev's image of Philip, a self-taught volcanologist who has lived on Mount Yasur his whole life, has won the ...

Albert’s article Volcanoes and rain explores the possible links between volcanic eruptions and subsequent periods of wet weather. But there is another side to this story: rain can, in turn, have ...

The alert level for Mauna Loa is currently “normal”; we expect to see additional changes such as increased seismicity or gas emissions before any future eruption. Even during quiet times, keeping a ...