When most of us think about active volcanoes in the U.S., Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and a few others will first come to mind. However, one of the most active volcanoes in the region is about a ...

Mount Rainier is central to Tacoma’s identity, so much so that it appears on the city’s logo. But as CNN recently reported, the striking mountain is also an active volcano — and no one knows when it ...

Scientists have found giant magma reservoirs under dormant volcanoes in the Cascades. A new study shows that the magma system can persist even after eruptions.

Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is a fiery beast that covers ... making it taller than Mount Everest! That's a lot of lava. Mauna Loa isn't just a relic of the past — it's a ...

Mount Spurr, whose volcanic ash darkened Anchorage’s skies in 1953 and 1992, may be building toward another eruption, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

But one island country in Africa combines relaxing on the beach with the possibility of climbing a massive active volcano. That would be Cape Verde, which has become a popular destination for ...

Why it's awesome: Not all slugs blend into the background. Some, like the striking Mount Kaputar slug, stand out from the crowd. These slimy critters not only grow up to 8 inches (20 centimeters ...

And while Earth, of course, has plenty of active volcanoes of its own, eruptions on the Jovian moon have attracted scientific interest because they are thought to be caused by very different factors.

which along with nearby Pompeii was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. While the heat and ash from the volcano was catastrophic for the town, it preserved the scrolls - though in an ...

Mount Otemanu is one of two peaks of an extinct volcano located at the center of the island. Rising 2,400-some feet above the lagoon, this volcanic remnant makes for a dramatic photo op or an ...

A badly burnt Roman scroll destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been “unwrapped” for the first time in 2,000 years by using AI. The document, which looks like a lump of ...