There are many different kinds of volcanoes, ranging from the Hawaiian type, which produces gentle, effusive eruptions that tourists can observe from mere steps away, to the andesitic variety ...

A volcanic eruption has begun in southwestern Iceland, prompting emergency evacuations of the town of Grindavík and the ...

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.

When people think about volcanoes, they often picture places like Hawaii or Yellowstone—not Colorado. But did you know that ...