At least five people have been confirmed dead after New Zealand’s most active volcano erupted on Monday afternoon. New Zealand Police said the incident, which occurred just before 2:15 p.m. local time ...

To be considered active, a volcano must have erupted at some point during the Holocene, but dormant and extinct are a little ...

Did you know there are at least 1,350 active volcanoes around the world, and roughly 20 active volcanic eruptions on any given day? While many of them occur deep under the ocean – most volcanoes are ...

Garrett, 10, Md. Dear Garrett, On very clear days, I can see five volcanoes from my campus. They’re Rainier, Hood, Adams, St. Helens and Baker. That’s…a lot. I asked my friend Katie Cooper about it.