The moment a volcano exploded, she and her husband, Maurice Krafft, also a volcanologist, dropped everything to analyze and capture the beauty and mystery of each event.

Unlike the explosive eruptions often associated with volcanoes, Axial is a shield volcano similar to those found in Hawaii or Iceland. When it erupts, it doesn’t blow its top.

A volcano in the Pacific Northwest is showing signs of re-awakening. The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide underwater volcano that sits 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more than 4,900 feet below ...

Nyamuragira is a dome-shaped shield volcano that stands up to 10,033 feet (3,058 meters) tall, while Nyiragongo is a stratovolcano, with a steep cone that towers up to 11,385 feet ...

Filmed by Martin C., this clip offers a staggering look at an active volcano. The volcano in question is Piton de la Fournaise (Peak of the Furnace), a tourist hub on Réunion island.

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island sprang to life yet again this week with a Tuesday morning eruption that shot lava more than 300 feet in the air.

Beneath the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, a massive underwater volcano is preparing to erupt. Scientists monitoring Axial Seamount have detected a surge in seismic ...

Today, the Axial Seamount is the most well-instrumented underwater volcano in the world. If it blows in 2025 as predicted, scientists will collect a wealth of data that could advance the study of ...

This is because it’s a shield volcano. Shield volcanoes form when lava flows easily and spreads out in all directions, building up a broad, smooth mountain over time.

Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade.

The Massive Volcano More Than Twice the ... shield volcanoes, and lava domes. In the next few slides, we'll outline the different kinds of volcanoes and the characteristics of each. Sharks ...