The Pu‘u‘o‘o eruption currently holds the record for the longest fountaining episode at 12 days for episode 3, while the Kilauea Iki eruption holds the record for the shortest fountaining episode ...

Have you ever wanted to stare directly into a volcano? Well, the U.S. Geological Survey just made it possible with a new ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists ...

Mount Etna in Italy is one of the most well-studied volcanoes in the world. It has been erupting for thousands of years, and ...

One of the most active regions in the world is the Pacific Ring of Fire. According to the USGS, this region is where the ...

Europe’s tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, may belong to an obscure group of volcanoes shaped by magma in an unusual way.

Over the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kilauea has had 49 episodes of lava fountaining, with episode 50 in the forecast for next week. But why are these ...

One Planet, 1,500 Personalities: The Uniqueness of Volcanoes Every volcano is unique, with its own special quirks (and yes, these can change over time). But of the roughly 1,500 active land volcanoes ...

Footage captured a July 30 phreatomagmatic eruption at the Taal Volcano in the Philippines, launching ash 1,476 feet into the ...

Mount Etna’s past eruptions reveal that a single volcano can erupt through very different underground pathways.