It sounds weird, but snow in Hawaii isn't unusual at all. That's because the islands have mountains. It even occasionally ...

Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, is an example of a composite volcano. Shield volcanoes do not have such violent eruptions. These volcanoes tend to have gentle slopes and their runnier lava spreads ...

Read More: Olympus Mons: Mars' Mega Volcano Various volcanic features can be found on the rocky planets neighboring Earth. Mars contains volcanic plains formed by past eruptions and inactive shield ...

Geologists study Kilauea not only for its eruptions but also for its role in forming the Hawaiian Islands. As a shield volcano, Kilauea’s eruptions typically produce low-viscosity lava flows, which ...

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

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano once again captivated onlookers with a stunning display of nature’s power as it spewed lava fountains reaching up to 1,000 feet during its latest eruptive cycle.

When a volcano erupts there can be lava, ash, steam or gaseous emissions. Sometimes eruptions are explosive and lava is thrown out as volcanic bombs. Hotspots are places where the magma rises up ...

On Tuesday, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a volcano erupted in Iceland, unleashing streams of lava and clouds of smoke into the atmosphere. Dramatic aerial footage captured by authorities showed lava ...

The shutdown aims to shield park rangers and visitors from rising ash emissions and the risk of phreatic eruptions—steam-driven explosions triggered by heated groundwater. Experts have set the volcano ...

When scientists announced recently that a volcano outside Anchorage was showing signs of an ... Anchorage dog Cedar sports ...

Christopher Meloni, the legendary "Law & Order: SVU" star, is saddened by the passing of a show icon. Ted Kotcheff, a ...