A young man caught indoors during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius left behind one of archaeology's strangest remains: a ...

One Planet, 1,500 Personalities: The Uniqueness of Volcanoes Every volcano is unique, with its own special quirks (and yes, ...

On June 3, 2018, Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted with enough force to send ash columns approximately four miles into the ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions takes a deep dive into the unknown and untrodden ...

Volcanoes can look like small mountains or hills. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano.

In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, a young man lay in bed as the world around him erupted into chaos and death. It was AD 79, and the volcano had unleashed its fury, burying the Roman towns of Pompeii ...

Japan’s largest volcano lies hidden. It can be found, if you know where to look, by starting from the southern island of Kyushu. Find the active volcano Sakurajima. (We will come back to it later.

Mud volcanoes are often pictured as dramatic geological phenomena featuring the sudden eruption of large volumes of fiery mud ...

Have you ever visited Sendai City in Miyagi Prefecture? The Hirose River flows through the center of Sendai City. Along that river, there is a massive white wall. "What could this be?" Some of you may ...