The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island sprang to life yet again this week with a Tuesday morning eruption that shot lava more than 300 feet in the air. The latest incident started at about 10:16 a ...

The colossal Axial Seamount, situated approximately 300 miles off the coast of Oregon in the US, is over a mile long, stands ...

Researchers found that magma chambers beneath Cascade Range volcanoes persist even when the volcanoes are dormant, ...

A new study has found surprising evidence of large bodies of magma lurking beneath long-dormant ... known volcanic features ...

The seismic activity of Axial Seamount, a submerged volcano roughly 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more than one mile beneath the sea’s surface, has been increasing with hundreds of small ...

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, which means it's shaped like a shield rather ... "The eruption is not going to cause a ...

There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often ...

More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several scenarios being considered, the Icelandic ...

Seismic wave analysis reveals that large magma bodies persist beneath both active and dormant volcanoes in the Cascade Range, challenging the belief that magma dissipates after eruptions.

Lava domes commonly are found inside the craters or on the flanks of large composite volcanoes. Example: Mont Pelée. – Shield volcanoes: Form when lava cools to form a gently sloping dome.