Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

Volcanic eruptions are perhaps nature's most terrifying display of power. Catastrophic eruptions of volcanoes like Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, and Mount St. Helens have gone down as some of the most ...

Scientists from Mexico's National Autonomous University have created the first three-dimensional image of the Popocatépetl volcano's interior ...

Katia (right) and Maurice Krafft (left), in blue winter jackets, gaze upon a volcano in the distance as smoke, steam and ash swirl behind them. Credit: Image’Est A new documentary, “Fire of Love,” ...