Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Lava fountains that erupted a week ago Thursday, May 14,

A small island in Vanuatu is redefining sustainable tourism by building around its ancient trees and unpredictable volcano instead of fighting nature.

The volcano's activity has been described as rare and unusual, and coastal communities living around PNG's Bismarck Sea have been advised to be on heightened alert.

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but recent findings show that the tale goes much deeper—both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Impressive images released by French authorities showed the moment lava from an erupting volcano on Reunion Island flowed into the sea on Monday, March 16. Video captured aboard a ...

The year 1883 saw one of the deadliest eruptions in the history of volcanoes, erupting from the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa (or sometimes referred to as Krakatau). The location was the Sunda Strait that lies between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

Horror films overdo the scary island trope with eerie soundtracks, but the most frightening places on Earth are real locations that unsettle visitors even without special effects. These shores might look inviting,

A volcano responsible for killing more than 7,000 people across three major eruptions is shaking again, and Indonesian authorities have raised its alert to the second-highest level on the national scale.