Yellowstone National Park, largely located in northwest Wyoming, claims the title of the world’s first national park and is famous for its diverse spread of wildlife and geological features. Beneath ...

Kilauea, one of Hawaii’s most active volcanoes, just erupted, sending lava over 1,000 feet into the air and visitors to the state’s most famous national park scrambling for cover. The 4,000-foot ...

Indonesia, a country famously made up of some 17,000 islands, is known for many things: fried rice, friendly people, Komodo dragons, Bintang beer, toothsome satay, emerald rice terraces, stunning ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily or Yellowstone in ...

View post: Major Airport Named 'Worst' in U.S. For July 4 Travelers Kilauea, one of Hawaii’s most active volcanoes, stole the spotlight this weekend with an eruption pattern not seen in 40 years. The ...

Volcanic risk is usually framed around a handful of famous names, yet the most disruptive eruptions in human history have often come from mountains that were barely on the public’s radar. The real ...

Mount St. Helens -- What is a volcano? -- Layers of earth -- Kinds of volcanoes -- Eruptions -- Other dangers -- How volcanoes help -- From lava to land -- Dormant volcanoes -- Geothermal energy -- ...

An astronaut on the International Space Station recently captured a stunning view of the famous volcanoes Mount Etna and Vesuvius all the way from orbit. When the astronauts on the ISS flew overheard, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaskan volcano that hasn’t erupted in more than 30 years is showing some increasing signs of seismic life, though volcanologists still say it doesn’t mean an eruption is ...

A famous Hawaii volcano erupted recently, its lava reaching as high as 1,000 feet — with the eruption on March 10 prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway due ...