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 ...

LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano in Batangas produced a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Thursday morning, July 16, marking the ...

The 51st eruption of the Mount Kilauea Volcano is underway in Hawaii as it produces large plumes of smoke and gushing lava.

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

Mud volcanoes are often pictured as dramatic geological phenomena featuring the sudden eruption of large volumes of fiery mud ...

Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly column and volcano/earthquake activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano ...

“Noctis Mons” is the seventh-largest volcano on Mars, the biggest being this one pictured—Olympus Mons (artist's impression). Scientists have discovered a massive, deeply eroded giant shield volcano ...

Volcanologist Martin Mangler explains how volcanic eruptions work to push lava into the air. Listen on the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.

Two weeks ago, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three distinct, short-lived explosions in less ...