Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even ...

The U.S. is home to some of the world’s most powerful volcanoes, but which states have the most? From Hawaii’s lava flows to ...

Want to add some heat to your hikes? Try these six active volcano hikes, from Japan to Italy to Guatemala and everywhere in between.

The island nation is home to one of the most active volcanoes in the Atlantic Ocean, which rises 2,829 metres above sea level ...

The iconic Greek holiday island is literally shaking, and residents are escaping while they can.

north of its more famous neighbour Pompeii, over the years. open image in gallery The document, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD ...

Hundreds of people packed a port in Santorini in the early morning hours of Tuesday to board a ferry and reach safety in Athens as a series of quakes kept shaking the famous Greek tourist island.

A state of emergency has been declared in Santorini after the strongest earthquake was recorded in days of near-constant tremors, which have almost emptied the famous Greek tourist haven of visitors ...

A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this ...

A new volcanic hotspot on Jupiter’s moon Io has been detected, releasing six times Earth’s total energy output.