Volcanoes are often framed as nature’s most violent spectacles, yet some of the largest on Earth ooze lava quietly for years without a single dramatic blast. Scientists have now pulled together a ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Lava surging beneath Hawaiʻi’s volcanic landscape has prompted a stark new warning from federal scientists, who say an explosive burst could hurl molten rock as high as 1,500 feet into the air. As ...