Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

MANILA, Philippines — A 78-minute-long ash emission was observed from the crater of Kanlaon Volcano on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

A miles-wide volcano off Oregon’s coast could erupt “soon” say scientists who’ve been tracking it for decades. The Axial Seamount is a massive undersea volcano that reaches more than 3,600 ...

A rare satellite image captures Mount Vesuvius peeking through a mysterious cloud gap, sparking concerns about the volcano's past and future eruption threats to nearby Naples, Italy.

The Axial Seamount—a volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and a mile underwater—is slowly showing signs of an impending eruption. Although less well-known that other volcanic giants of ...

The footprints, preserved in volcanic ash near the Casarzano stream, were left by humans and animals fleeing an eruption of Mount Somma, a part of the Somma–Vesuvius volcanic complex. Researchers ...

In a mesmerizing image captured by NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite, the summit of Mount Vesuvius, one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes, was perfectly aligned with a circular hole in a dense layer of ...

For Vesuvius and its nearby folk though, an eruption here would be nothing short of devastating. With the remnants of Mount Somma, the volcano that stood before Vesuvius, still visible to the naked ...

A large curved ridge can also be seen near the top of the cloud gap. This is the remnant of Mount Somma — an ancient volcano that once stood in the same spot as Vesuvius, before the newer volcano's ...

A large curved ridge can also be seen near the top of the cloud gap. This is the remnant of Mount Somma — an ancient volcano that once stood in the same spot as Vesuvius, before the newer ...

This tectonic activity has created a complex geological landscape, with Vesuvius itself being a somma volcano. The current structure of Vesuvius is the result of the collapse of an ancient volcano, ...

Mount Bromo is an active somma volcano and part of the Tengger mountains in East Java, Indonesia. About 137 species of birds, 22 species of mammals, and four species of reptiles are protected in the ...