The Marieta Islands, known locally as Islas Marietas, are situated off the coast of Nayarit, Mexico, nestled in the vast blue ...

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument highlights northern Arizona’s volcanic (and explosive) past, speckled with cinder cones and long-hardened lava flows People often get Sunset Crater confused ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the lava flow has covered 15-20% of the volcano crater floor. An additional flow emerged from the south side of the cone shortly after 7:30 p.m. The ...

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

Around 900 years ago, a volcano – which has come to be called Sunset Crater – erupted and transformed the encircling area. Geologic features like cinders, lava rock and lava flow compose this ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began a new series of eruptions ... of Kilauea's caldera rim surrounding Halemaʻumaʻu crater, an area that has been closed to the public since late 2007 ...

Two weeks after its last eruption on January 10, Taal Volcano had a steam-driven eruption at 2:22 a.m. Wednesday, sending a 500-meter plume above the crater. The Taal Volcano Observatory’s ...

In its latest update, Phivolcs said the eruption occurred at the volcano’s main crater at 2:22 a.m., producing a 500-meter-high plume that drifted south. Phivolcs told INQUIRER.net in a phone ...

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen—drawing on research of 60,000 years of volcanic activity derived from ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica—have re-contextualized an ancient ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on Dec. 9 ...

Dramatic timelapse footage captured the ash cloud shooting from the volcano's crater more than 6,500 feet into the air over surrounding towns. This is the volcano's 15th eruption this year - ...

The shadowy mass, known as the Haruj volcanic field, covers around 17,000 square miles (44,000 square kilometers) in central Libya and contains roughly 150 extinct volcanoes, ranging from small ...