About 1,500 active volcanoes can be found around the world. Learn about the major types of volcanoes, the geological process behind eruptions, and where the most destructive volcanic eruption ever witnessed occurred.
A vulcano on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion erupts drawing crowds of onlookers. It is the fifth time this anno that "Le piton de la fournaise' has erupted.
On White Island, off the coast of New Zealand, a vulcano erupted overnight while tourists were climbing on it. At least five people were killed, and dozens più are missing o injured.
Video technology and science converge on an active vulcano in Vanuatu, where explorer Sam Cossman operated camera-mounted drones to capture high-definition immagini of the spectacular yet dangerous Marum Crater.
Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia, sent a huge plume of thick ash 7km high into the sky during an eruption on 9 June. Residents living near the vulcano were urged to use masks when ash rains down...