Mount Etna has a history of frequent eruptions dating back 3,000 years. The last major eruption in February sent a 3-kilometre river of lava flowing out of a crater called Bocca Nuova, meaning ...

A new study has determined that a rapidly advancing cloud of gas probably overcame a young man who was killed during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Temperatures in the gas cloud ...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Tuesday, endangering the town of Grindavik and prompting the closure of the popular Blue Lagoon tourist destination. It was the 11th eruption to shake ...

An underwater volcano in the Pacific Northwest is expected to erupt sometime this year for the first time in 11 years — and it could stir up lots of activity for marine life in the area.. The ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, a volcano in Indonesia, erupted on Tuesday night, blasting thick gray ash up to 5,000 meters above its peak. It was reported to be visible as far as 100 miles away.

But a set of small black fragments found inside the skull of a man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Southern Italy, in the year 79 CE, are thought to be pieces of his brain—turned ...