This latest activity, designated as Episode 42, is currently confined to the summit caldera within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Ground sensors indicate that winds are blowing from the northeast, ...

S trange things are afoot in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park sits atop one of Earth’s largest volcanic systems, and right now that system is slowly reshaping the ground. Instruments show that the Yellowstone caldera is inflating into a ...

This stunning astronaut photo shows the natural beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera — a giant crater-like bowl containing 17 different volcanoes, leftover from major eruptions spanning over 200,000 years.

Shortly before 10 a.m. on July 23, 2024, a violent hydrothermal blast ripped through Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone, hurling mud and steam into a towering plume estimated at 400 to 600 feet high. The ...

Geologists have refocused their attention on a large area of high desert in northern Nevada and southern Oregon. Researchers ...

While the chance for an eruption is extremely low, the supervolcano is still likely to blame. A 2025 study from the United States Geological Survey determined that Yellowstone’s magma chamber ...

Yellowstone National Park is home to a giant supervolcano, and scientists have been tracking changes in this global phenomenon. Fortunately, there is no need to worry. A Jan. 1 edition of the journal ...

Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea’s sporadic eruption resumed. The eruption restarted at midday when molten rock began pouring out of a vent in ...

The Kilauea volcano erupted Monday morning on Hawaii's Big Island following increased earthquake activity beneath its summit, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The volcano is located along the ...

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

The recent earthquake swarm near Santorini has brought the topic of volcanoes in Greece back into the spotlight.