From the International Space Station, an astronaut photographed Madagascar's Ambohiby volcanic complex, showcasing a blend of ...

A lava flow looked like a river delta forming during a volcano eruption in Hawaii. Spectacular timelapse footage shows the bright yellow molten rocks cascading across land in Kilauea Volcano's ...

All activity remains in the Kaluapele summit caldera—the proper term for the volcanic crater, particularly one formed by a major eruption that led to the ground collapsing. The USGS Hawaiian ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December on Monday ...

Deep beneath Yellowstone National Park is an enormous volcanic crater hundreds of thousands of years old. Researchers have found a new way to track changes in the crater by studying ...

A new study published in Nature suggested that Yellowstone’s magma and other superheated components have “shifted” northeast of the park’s sprawling caldera — a gigantic volcanic crater ...

Having driven past a volcanic crater on our way to the cabin we thought we might explore it one afternoon, but my other half was somewhat dismayed at my outdoor attire. To be fair, they are the ...

During the Cold War, in a plotline reminiscent of a Bond film, the Soviets used Simushir as a secret nuclear submarine base, docking vessels in a flooded volcanic crater. "We analyzed the ...

The vessels would be docked in a flooded volcanic crater. Now, years on, scientists are able to find out much more about the volcano and its eruption. "We analysed the chemistry of the ice at a ...

The caldera is the enormous volcanic crater left from the last time Yellowstone experienced a giant eruption, 640,000 years ago. It covers an area about 30 by 45 miles. The findings mean that the ...

A rare satellite image captures Mount Vesuvius peeking through a mysterious cloud gap, sparking concerns about the volcano's past and future eruption threats to nearby Naples, Italy.

Violent eruptions have started up again in Hawaii, with fountains of lava shooting hundreds of feet into the air and toxic gas belching from the crater.