Vikings, volcanoes, and sheep don’t immediately seem like they should all be connected, but this unlikely trio is actually ...

A recent study reveals that the Poás volcano has changed its eruption pattern, redefining the global ash-related risk map.

In Bolivia's remote Andes, an ancient volcano is stirring, and scientists are watching closely. Known as a Zombie Volcano, Uturuncu has remained dormant for 250,000 years. Yet now, it's showing ...

Scientists have discovered magma refilling beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera, offering new clues into how supervolcanoes recharge.

Scientists say they've discovered a 400-mile chain of extinct and fossilized volcanoes beneath southern China. The volcanoes, the researchers claim, were likely formed when two major tectonic plates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock University researchers made a game-changing discovery that could help Italian farmers deal with a nuisance ...

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how these populations moved between islands on treacherous stretches of sea is ...

Massive volcano in Japan refilling 7,300 years after eruption, offering new insight into supervolcano behavior and future risks ...

Researchers say that astronauts visiting the moon could drink water thanks to an unlikely source: Ancient volcanoes. Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder ...

It was small by volcanic standards, but massive by human ones: on this day in 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in what the ...