This week the famed Momotombo volcano in Nicaragua put on a show in its first known eruption in 110 years. The long-inactive volcano, one of the country's most recognizable landmarks, began spitting ...

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 ...

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 ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Ever wonder what it would look like to be engulfed in a lava fountain as you choke on volcanic ash and burn to death? No? Well, you’re wondering now, aren’t you? Don’t worry, what you’re about to see ...