So, even though volcanoes can be very dangerous they play an important part in the lives of those living nearby! Lava from an eruption. Most volcanic eruptions are caused by pieces of the Earth's ...

This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among ...

Mount Kanlaon, one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes, erupted Tuesday morning, sending ash 4 km into the sky and prompting school closures in nearby farming villages due to falling ash.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said this latest episode ... Lava flows covered over 40% of the Halemaumau Crater floor within the southern part of Kaluapele, or Kilauea caldera.