Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, including the formidable Nyamulagira. This shield volcano has a long history of ...

Ingenuity proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that a helicopter can operate on another planet. Over 72 flights, the little ...

A volcano near Anchorage, Alaska, called Mount Spurr, has been rumbling. As a result, the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory issued an alert. This indicates that the volcano, which ...

Mount Rainier in Washington is a famous stratovolcano. Shield volcanoes are big, broad volcanoes made up of oozy lava flows that erupt from multiple vents. Hawaii's Mauna Loa and Kilauea are both ...

Thrill-seekers are flocking to volcano boarding, a sport that involves sliding down active volcanoes on specially designed ...

Dr. Lee is undoubtedly one of those fans, as one of his roles is as the Founder of the Mars Institute, a non-profit dedicated ...

Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi. These systems a well known for producing large volumes of magma through time and leaving chains of volcanic features in their wake, although they do so in very different ways.

It should come as no surprise that when I head to a tropical island, I am more interested in the mountains than the beach.