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 volcano.

The Island of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is wowing visitors with fountain heights not seen in over 50 years. Last month, the lava fountain reached a height of over 1,000 feet, and it could potentially ...

The episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea in Halemaʻumaʻu Crater has been going on for more than 3 months now, with 16 eruptive ...

Following up on last week's warning, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reiterated in a series of posts on X Wednesday that the volcano, located 75 miles west of Anchorage, the state's biggest city ...