An eruption of Mount Churchill today similar to previous major plumes would bring much of the Northern Hemisphere to a ...

Semeru has been showing heightened volcanic activity since November of last year. The 3,676-meter-high volcano erupted 475 ...

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption at the ...

Earth bubbles and broils beneath an underwater peak called Axial Seamount, located 480 kilometers (300 miles) off Oregon's ...

Meanwhile, a recent study published in Nature identified multiple pools of magma beneath the volcano. Researchers based their latest forecast on the fact that the 3,600-foot mountain experienced ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new ...

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.

The Black Cuillin on the Isle of Skye is a volcanic mountain range. It was formed around 60 million years ago but today it's popular with very adventurous mountain climbers looking for a challenge!

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

Standing at 2,518 meters (8,261 feet), the mountain is located on New Zealand's North Island, and is a dormant volcano ...

Aerial view west across the upper part of Medicine Lake Volcano. Glass Mountain flow, draped over the east side of the volcano, is the youngest lava flow at the volcano. Aerial view west across ...

More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several scenarios being considered, the Icelandic ...