Mount Etna put on a spectacular show for astonished tourists as they watched the volcano blow smoke rings into the sky. The rare phenomenon - known as volcanic smoke rings - can only form in a ...

rock, mud and debris that can completely overwhelm communities. Standing at 12,300 feet (3,763 meters), Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is among the most active in Central America. Located 33 miles (53 km ...

Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted shortly before noon on Oct. 20, sending a massive plume of dark volcanic smoke up to 3,500 meters high. The first crater of Mount Nakadake erupted ...

An explosive eruption last week sent volcanic rock hurtling into the sea around Niijima Island, located 970 km (600 miles) from the Japanese capital Tokyo. The moment of the eruption was captured ...

Died 30,000 years ago, discovered 136 years ago and disrupting the field of palaeontology just this week – the surprising afterlife of a vulture. When an Italian landowner stumbled across a ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers -- the first ever record of such ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres may have been used by hominin species as a type of tool for more than ...

Lava flows are masses of magma that pour onto the Earth's surface during an eruption; they include both moving lava and the resulting solidified deposits of black rock. Lava flows come in a great ...

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupted overnight, prompting authorities to evacuate nearly 300 families and issue warnings for an additional 30,000 people at risk. There have been no immediate ...