Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the bone, the V-shaped lines...
Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated the country, according to researchers at the Seismological Society of America's Annual...
Scientists were bracing for high lava fountains Tuesday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.
Lava fountains have reached heights...
What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what...
A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and a geothermal spa, one of Iceland's...
A giant volcano in Alaska is showing signs of an impending eruption.
Significantly elevated levels of volcanic gas emissions were recently observed around Mount Spurr,...
The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia erupted three times into Friday, sending an ash column 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) high and...
Lava from Hawaii's most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet (215 meters) Thursday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption.
Kilauea began...
An erupting Hawaii volcano once again began shooting fountains of lava that reached hundreds of feet high on Tuesday.
Fountains reached heights of 400 feet...
People were flocking to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday to get a glimpse of fountaining lava.
The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at...
One of the world's most active volcanoes sprang into life again Monday, spewing columns of lava 80 meters (260 feet) above Hawaii, US vulcanologists...