Kīlauea has been erupting episodically since Dec. 23, 2024, primarily from two vents (north and south) in Halema‘uma‘u.

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Learn more about Mount Etna’s most recent eruption and why 2025 had a series of activity that fascinated researchers.

1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption: It happened in the crater just north of the volcano’s caldera, lasting only about a month with 17 ...

This story was updated on Dec. 24, 2025. A year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, one of the world’s most active volcanoes awoke.   That ...

On the flanks of Washington State Mount Rainier, a spike in seismic rumbling has revived an old, unsettling question for the ...

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

The left map shows the tephra fall associated with Kilauea’s episodic summit eruption, from December 2024 to December 2025.

A big, messy surprise greeted Yellowstone National Park early Saturday morning, just as winter officially began. At around ...

Scientists from Mexico's National Autonomous University have created the first three-dimensional image of the Popocatépetl ...

Often spotted by onlookers in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, or even by YouTube livestream viewers, the long, ashy gray or ...