Spectacular images of lava flowing down the slopes of erupting Mount Etna have drawn flocks of tourists to the Italian volcano—to the concern of local guides.

Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first ...

Activity at Guatemala’s Fuego volcano that began Monday morning and caused widespread evacuations is gradually decreasing, authorities said Wednesday. Ho ...

An American tourist was killed by lightning on Mount Etna while the volcano was erupting. The 29-year-old from Kansas was on ...

A new satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space. Mayon began erupting in January 2026 when clouds of hot ash and flows of ...

Volcanic eruptions are perhaps nature's most terrifying display of power. Catastrophic eruptions of volcanoes like Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, and Mount St. Helens have gone down as some of the most ...

Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast known as the 1458/59 CE event was so huge that it triggered decades of ...

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 ...

Not all volcanoes erupt with lava — on a Lake Michigan Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan, some amazing “ice volcanoes” erupted on Feb. 16. This amazing phenomenon happens when building waves of water are ...

'What are "ice volcanoes, and why are they erupting in Michigan?