HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Since Mauna Loa began erupting Sunday night, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and their partners at the University of Hawaii at Hilo have been studying lava samples.

Despite the development of new volcano monitoring techniques, decades between the eruptions meant there were many uncertainties leading to the recent eruption. Did the unrest observed during the fall ...

STORY: The volcano began erupting on Sunday (November 27) for the first time since 1984, ending its longest quiet period in recorded history. It previously erupted in March and April of 1984. Hawaii ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Scientists say Mauna Loa’s recent eruption has given them their first look “inside” the volcano in almost 40 years. They’ve been studying samples from last year’s nearly two ...

For the first time in nearly four decades, the world’s largest active volcano—Hawaii’s Mokuʻāweoweo, or Mauna Loa—has begun to erupt. The US Geological Survey (USGS) issued a red alert late Sunday ...

STORY: Mauna Loa began erupting on Sunday (November 27) for the first time since 1984, ending its longest quiet period in recorded history. Mauna Loa rises 13,679 feet (4,169 meters) above the Pacific ...

Two of Hawaii's Big Island's active volcanoes — Mauna Loa and Kilauea — are "no longer erupting," scientists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) announced Tuesday. Alert levels for both Mauna ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — The world's largest volcano oozed rivers of glowing lava Wednesday, drawing thousands of awestruck viewers who jammed a Hawaii highway that could soon be covered by the flow ...

Scientists were certain Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano would begin erupting again before the lava began to flow, but knowing when exactly it will stop can be harder to predict. The volcano within Hawaii ...

Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Vigliotti's reporting has taken him to more than three dozen countries and territories across six continents. Analisa Novak is a ...

HONOLULU — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. For now, lava is not threatening ...

The world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, is erupting for the first time in almost 40 years, with US officials warning nearby residents to prepare for possible evacuation. The eruption, ...