Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, signaling that it is waking up after 700,000 years of dormancy.

Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu, where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks into the nighttime sky. The rocks fell as far as 1.5 miles from the ...

(Reuters) - The latest bursts of molten rock, ash and toxic gas from Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii are part of an ever changing and still largely mysterious cycle of eruptions that have ...

An explosive eruption rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday after the government ordered thousands to evacuate their homes nearby. Experts said the ash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK -When Scott and Pamela Rippel found out scientists were predicting a fountain of lava would erupt ...

An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long. The unnamed undersea volcano, located about ...

Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...

One house has gained a unique feature after a volcano erupted and spilled lava inside. Edosa Osemwegie, 25, a residential counselor from Boston, recorded a video of the house while on vacation in Cha ...

Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to ...

Volcanic rocks are igneous rocks that solidify from lava or pyroclastic material at or near Earth’s surface, and they are central topics in petrology, volcanology, and tectonics. They are typically ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. With its greenish-brownish color, Erg Chech 002 (EC 002) might ...