A volcano was erupting the day I ­arrived in Iceland and people were running. It was a reasonable course of action you might ...

Some trips feel like a real reset because they seem far from daily life. The Faroe Islands, Lofoten, Kangaroo Island, Skye, ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory increased the alert level at the remote Kupreanof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula.

Ancient volcanoes in the Arctic may have trapped Earth in repeated "Snowball Earth" freezes for 56 million years.

This video shows the snowy landscape surrounding Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland, where a steep pyramid-shaped peak rises beside ...

The arctic winds have created something truly stunning.

Twelve remarkable mammals thrive in extreme environments, from Andean volcanoes to Arctic tundra. Species like the ...

For more than 70 years, Sir David Attenborough’s documentaries have explored the complexities of the planet’s natural ...

Mount Paektu, a mythic, active volcano on the border between North Korea and China, is almost the epitome of a scientific challenge that crosses political lines. In 946 CE, it erupted in one of the ...

'Extinct' volcanoes that haven't erupted for tens of thousands of years may not actually be inactive, but silently accumulating huge reservoirs of magma to fuel future outbursts. This worrying ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The so-called Hope Ranch Volcano in Santa Barbara — which ignited Thursday — isn’t actually a volcano. Geologists ...