It was early morning of August 10, 2025 in Southeast Alaska when there were only a few known people within a few miles of ...

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 ...

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

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 ...

A 1775 design for a mechanical Mount Vesuvius eruption device has finally been built, recreating an eighteenth-century volcanic spectacle.

Echinus Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, a rare acidic geyser and the largest in the world, has recently been observed actively erupting again for the first time since 2020.