Mud volcanoes are often pictured as dramatic geological phenomena featuring the sudden eruption of large volumes of fiery mud ...

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In Italy, Mount Etna has reached its ninth consecutive day of volcanic activity, prompting flight cancelations.

A submarine eruption north of Papua New Guinea may be building new land while satellites track its evolution from above.

Have you ever wanted to look straight into an active volcano? A new USGS helicopter video offers a breathtaking look into ...

A gif of the footage can be seen just below. Yesterday, Hawai'i's Kīlauea had its 49th eruptive episode, with lava fountains reaching about 700 feet (210 meters) into the air.

Fresh concerns about President Donald Trump's health are exploding online after a strange-looking handshake with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 Summit in France. Viewers quickly pointed to ...

When geologists find unusually thick oceanic crust, they usually reach for the same explanation. A mantle plume, which is a column of hot rock rising from deep within Earth, melts its way upward and ...

An interactive sandbox is one of the ways the wildlife park aims to engage visitors A wildlife park has opened an interactive conservation hub to help young visitors learn about nature. Shepreth ...

When the Mount St. Helens volcano blew up on May 18, 1980, a longtime Powell resident was a young forester at the site. "I glanced up at the mountain, and I saw the top of it shaking. And then I ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected an increase in shallow seismicity and localized ground deformation beneath the south rim of Halema‘uma‘u crater, in Kilauea summit‘s south caldera region ...