A Northern California park near Reno was named a top U.S. national park. See where it ranks and why it stood out.

A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.

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This volcano erupts every two to three years, and the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is constantly monitoring the area.In this ...

Episode 24 started at 8:55 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, with low dome fountaining and lava flows onto the crater floor. Small ...

A trio of scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Université de Lyon, and Arizona State University, respectively ...

They shoot molten lava and toxic gases miles into the atmosphere and when the lava is too thick to run over the top, it can create what geologists like Dr. Pat Abbott call a plug dome volcano.

Kilauea’s lava fountains reaching 500 feet high resumed Sunday afternoon, less than a week after its latest episode paused Tuesday night.

They shoot molten lava and toxic gases miles into the atmosphere and when the lava is too thick to run over the top, it can create what geologists like Dr. Pat Abbott call a plug dome volcano.

On a recent sunny Saturday, my wife and I ventured to the town of Mendig, an hour from Spangdahlem Air Base, to start our day at the German Volcano Museum, also known as the Lava Dome. Opened in ...