At any given time, 20 to 50 of these active volcanoes are erupting. The proximity of people and buildings makes it important ...

People have been wondering whether a volcano could simply be plugged with concrete. In reality, there are plenty of reasons ...

For decades, volcanologists believed that the primary trigger for explosive eruptions was a drop in pressure as magma rises toward the surface. When pressure falls, gases dissolved deep within the ...

For more than 100,000 years, a Greek volcano lay silent. But deep underground, it was still growing. Tiny zircon crystals show magma was quietly brewing between eruptions, researchers report April 22 ...

About 290 miles off the coast of Cannon Beach, Oregon, lies an underwater volcano called Axial Volcano. Axial erupts about once every ten years. Twice in the past year, news outlets have reported that ...

Hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon, Deb Kelley watched a pod of dolphins swim past the research vessel Atlantis as the sun set on the Pacific Ocean. But beneath the calm seas lurked a behemoth: ...

Yellowstone wildlife migration rumors debunked as false by National Park Service- Rumors claiming that Yellowstone National Park's wildlife is fleeing in large numbers are making waves online — but ...