However, new evidence suggests an extraordinary natural event may have indirectly played a significant role in this collapse: ...

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens. If you weren’t around in 1980, here is what happened: For generations, the picturesque, 9,677-foot peak was a ...

The cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD has fascinated researchers and historians for centuries. Since the early 1700s, engineers have been excavating the remnants of the cities of Pompeii ...

Most tourists who visit Yellowstone National Park snap photos of Old Faithful and stroll past bubbling mud pots, never ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT, Wash. -- -- Twenty-five years ago, the bulging north flank of this mountain fell away in the largest landslide in recorded history. Stripped of its ...

Volcanic eruptions can destroy essential infrastructure, ground air traffic for days, wipe out entire cities, disrupt the climate for years, and even wipe out life on Earth, so it's important to know ...

Two years ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano blew its top, destroying the island of the same name, forcing mass evacuations, covering Tonga in ash, and causing several deaths. Predicting these ...

SEATTLE, Oct. 6 -- Mount St. Helens has calmed down and is no longer likely to erupt at any moment, the U.S. Geological Survey announced Wednesday. A day after telling residents of the Pacific ...

Even if you don't know much about volcanoes, chances are you've heard of Krakatau (often westernized as Krakatoa). New satellite footage shows that the volcano of Anak Krakatau (child of Krakatau) has ...