Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava ...

Though eruptions are frequent, they're rarely a threat.

Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what they can tell us about volcanic eruptions. Highly explosive eruptions ...

Far beneath the ocean near Japan, scientists have discovered that the magma system linked to the most powerful eruption of the Holocene is slowly rebuilding. By using seismic imaging, researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kikai Caldera. (Seama Nobukazu/CC BY 4.0) About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what remains ...