A tree ultimately broke his fall, saving the man from an additional, potentially fatal, 100-foot fall to the caldera floor ...

A tourist is incredibly lucky to be alive after reportedly falling toward an actively erupting volcano in Hawai'i. The man ...

Stephanie Coral Browitt, the woman who suffered life-threatening burns and underwent eight amputations after a volcanic ...

The Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia, believed to be extinct for 250,000 years, shows internal signs of activity that surprise ...

Learn more about the volcanic ash researchers found in the sediment around Lake Mead's now exposed shoreline, and how it could help us in the future.

Despite widespread fears of a catastrophic "supervolcano" eruption, scientists at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) have suggested that any eruptive event there would likely look far ...

A volcanic eruption sank Aenaria nearly 2,000 years ago. Now, underwater tours and ongoing excavations are bringing Ischia's ...

A volcano's latest eruption on Hawaii's Big Island fountained lava more than 1,000 ft. into the sky on May 25. With its summit at 4,091 ft., Kilauea has had lava fountaining from its Halemaumau ...

Giant, large-scale eruptions can have more serious impacts. One such event contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs 66 ...

Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to blow — that doesn't involve trekking up a mountain.

The Pacific Northwest's most active underwater volcano is showing signs of an impending eruption.

Ash from the eruption was later found in polar ice cores, solving the nearly 200-year-old mystery of which volcano triggered the global cooling.