The park was founded in 1916, and today more than 1.5 million tourists arrive each year to check out two of the most active volcanoes on Earth (Kīlauea has been continuously erupting since 1983!) ...

Renewed activity at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano has prompted temporary trail closures at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park after ...

Volcanoes are among the most powerful and captivating natural forces on Earth, continually reshaping landscapes and influencing both weather and climate patterns. Their eruptions can dramatically ...

Scientists are using a variety of methods to study why Kilauea has repeatedly spewing lava fountains since late 2024. They may have ruled out one theory.

Sulfur dioxide escaping from Masaya already presents a hazard, with persistent emissions often reaching dangerously high ...

The National Park Service (NPS) announced on Wednesday that Halema'uma'u Trail and parts of Byron Ledge Trail are temporarily ...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii—Lava began bubbling Monday through the crust of one of the world’s most active volcanoes—Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island. The eruption was confined to the ...

Although most of Colorado's mountain landscape was formed millions of years ago through volcanic activity, one active volcano ...

From Europe to Southeast Asia, the world’s volcanoes have been making themselves known this summer. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in Indonesia sent ash drifting over Flores in June, briefly grounding ...

Using a nearly 200-year record of lava chemistry from Kīlauea and Maunaloa, earth scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and colleagues revealed that Hawaiʻi’s two most active volcanoes ...

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These fiery features can be as dangerous as they are mesmerizing. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you live near or ...