In celebration of National Rock Day, learn how several rock specimens in the new exhibition “From These Lands” shed light on ...

Scientists directly observed a massive underwater volcanic eruption that created new oceanic crust, offering rare insight ...

Looking for a cool tunnel with no light? Flagstaff has one that was formed by lava.

In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led ...

Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava flows.

Mountains may look timeless, but they are constantly changing. Some continue to rise while others stop growing because ...

This video showcases Stjórnarfoss and the surrounding highlands near Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland, where deep green canyons, towering waterfalls, volcanic cliffs, and snow-covered glaciers come ...

Scientists have found fresh evidence that Earth’s core may be slowly leaking gold and other precious metals into the mantle.

Geochronologists say basalt columns in Antrim sprang up during volcanic activity over 5.5m years – 8m less than thought For centuries, the tale has been passed from generation to generation: how the ...

Several volcanic "dust devils" were observed this weekend on Mt. Kilauea. The science of volcanic ash vortices or volcano-nados.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site, which features 40,000 near-perfect hexagonal columns, formed roughly 60 million years ago during a period of intense volcanic activity ...

But one volcano deep in the farthest, frozen reaches of our planet marches to the beat of a slightly different drum. On Ross ...