Hawaii's Kilauea was spraying a spectacular fountain of lava on Monday, keeping up its reputation as one of the world's most ...

An earthquake swarm 35 miles (55 kilometers) beneath Kilauea in August 1959 was followed in October by ground swelling ...

In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these small twisters are technically dust devils, or more precisely, ash devils, ...

Often spotted by onlookers in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, or even by YouTube livestream viewers, the long, ashy gray or brown, ropy cloud-like structures tend to appear near or downwind of active ...

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hikes will put you in the heart of this park's (Or Pele's) fiery past, present, and futur ...

Since December 23, 2024, the north and south vents within Halemaʻumaʻu crater, within Kaluapele (the summit caldera), have ...

Rain will continue through today, likely a good portion of Tuesday (Jan. 6) — at times becoming torrential — and possibly ...

When emergency crews ordered roughly 10,000 people out of Yellowstone, the images that ricocheted around social media looked ...

The United States is home to 14 national parks that are also designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Can you name them?

Let’s image the simplest, most boring volcano possible. It consists of a magma balloon fed by a straw. The ground is perfectly flat above the balloon. Magma comes up the straw at a constant ...

Snow accumulation at the summit of Mauna Loa, an active volcano on the Island of Hawaii, was visible from a satellite early ...