This model that will be displayed in the Mountwood Park Visitors Center details life in Volcano in the 1870s. (Photos provided by Jimmie Bee) VOLCANO — The historic West Virginia boomtown of Volcano ...

New research suggests Mount Etna forms from deep mantle magma pockets, possibly classifying it as a rare “petit-spot” volcano ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

Some 66 million years ago, the world was dominated by dinosaurs, and then suddenly, it wasn't. The scientific consensus is that a catastrophic asteroid impact ended the Cretaceous era when it wiped ...

Emily Schwing: In 1912 a volcano in Alaska more than blew its top. Known as Novarupta, it was responsible for the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Kristi Wallace: The reason we ...

I played with the Erupting Cross-Section Volcano Model (Learning Resources). This set comes with an 11-inch model volcano. On the outside, the volcano has bright red and yellow colors demonstrating ...

A new 3-D model that realistically mimics the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens is helping scientists understand the dynamics of such blasts and may help them map potential blast flows at dangerous ...