A volcano near Iceland's capital has begun erupting, prompting authorities to evacuate nearby towns, including the popular ...

Learn more about the likelihood of an explosive Mount Spurr eruption, which would spew clouds of ash into the air above southcentral Alaska.

What does this mean? We look at why volcanoes exist in the first place, and why some erupt when others don't. Volcanoes are formed when magma (liquid rock) trapped underneath the Earth’s crust ...

Mount Spurr near Anchorage has been showing signs of unrest for a year. Now scientists think it's creeping closer to an ...

Volcanoes can look like small mountains or hills. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. Composite volcanoes are the most common type of ...

Hawaii’s most active volcano has resumed erupting after a weeklong pause, sending fountains of lava hundreds of feet into the sky HONOLULU -- Lava from Hawaii's most active volcano created ...

A volcano near Alaska's largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased. The Alaska ...

An eruption of Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed ash clouds more than five miles high as authorities raised the alert status to the highest level. The volcano on the remote island of ...

The largest active volcano in Washington state has been rocked by a series of earthquakes, putting experts on high alert. Mount Adams is a 12,000-foot-tall stratovolcano located in south-central ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Wednesday said Mount Spurr is at risk of erupting within the next few weeks or months, potentially impacting residents 78 miles away in the city of Anchorage.

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption started overnight.

Whakaari/White Island is an active volcano that lies off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island The owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, have had their ...