Volcanoes have been shaping the land around them for millions of years, and communities have always found ways to live in their shadow. The fertile soils, geothermal energy, and sheer beauty that ...

Most people think of volcanoes as either erupting or not. The reality is considerably more unsettling. The classification of a volcano as active, dormant, or extinct is not always straightforward, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Spurr, about 75 miles west of Anchorage, has been experiencing hundreds of tiny earthquakes over the last 10 months. Experts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In spite of being technically dead, with its last eruption 250,000 years ago, the Uturuncu volcano continues to eject plumes of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can’t know ...

A string of low-level eruptions at the Philippines' most active volcano has forced authorities to evacuate nearly 3,000 residents living within a permanent danger zone on its lower slopes, officials ...

A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city could be on the brink of eruption after showing signs of unrest over the past 10 months, according to experts. Hundreds of small earthquakes have occurred ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists can't know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with the world's largest active volcano. About ...