Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces. Think of these plates as massive rafts floating ...

Volcanologist Martin Mangler explains how volcanic eruptions work to push lava into the air. Listen on the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.

Footage captured a July 30 phreatomagmatic eruption at the Taal Volcano in the Philippines, launching ash 1,476 feet into the air and creating minor tsunami waves.

Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

Taal Volcano in the Philippines recorded its fourth phreatomagmatic eruption this month, sending a 450‑metre plume into the sky. Phivolcs warns that despite Alert Level 1, sudden eruptions, ashfall, ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...

An active underwater volcano off the Oregon Coast that was predicted to erupt in 2025 is now expected to erupt mid-to-late 2026. The Axial Seamount volcano is located nearly a mile beneath the sea, ...

For more than 100,000 years, a Greek volcano lay silent. But deep underground, it was still growing. Tiny zircon crystals show magma was quietly brewing between eruptions, researchers report April 22 ...

Europe’s largest active volcano Mount Etna has erupted once more with fresh drone footage showing bright orange lava pouring from its fissure. Mount Etna’s latest eruption began on Friday from a ...

A three-year-old iPhone was used to capture one of photography's toughest scenes, and it just won the top prize at the iPhone ...