The forecast calls for snow at the highest summits of the Big Island, where snow occurs several times per year, especially ...

If you think you've seen all the planet has to offer, think again. Of the many national parks across the globe, these offer ...

Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes and revered as the divine creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Every year, people leave over 10,000 offerings at Pele’s shrine at Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies reports and activities ...

No unusual activity has been noted along Kilauea’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone. Mauna Loa is not erupting. Its USGS ...

Hawaii, an archipelago in the tropics, sits 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles) into the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.