If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events ...

Archaeologists believe survivors were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left by Pompeii's earlier residents in the rubble.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater about once a week since late last year, delighting ...

Ceramic artifacts and a bread oven made from repurposed materials show how survivors of the Mount Vesuvius eruption returned to Pompeii after AD 79, research suggests.

Kilauea erupts again after brief calm, with lava fountains reaching 500 ft. Live feeds offer safe views as access is ...

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the western ...

While not a formal scientific term, “volnado” describes a rare swirling wind phenomenon seen as fountains of lava shot into ...

The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...