The mystery of this blue-colored flame lies in the chemistry of an element that sits in abundance within the belly of this volcanic beast.

There’s a blue-fire volcano in Indonesia—and we have the photos to prove it. Kawah Ijen awes with a mesmerizing glow at night. When you think of an ordinary volcano, you probably picture fiery red ...

Scientists observed a 3.5 inches rise in the ground near the Iranian volcano's summit and it holds clues to its eruption.

A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and a geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions. Flames and ...

Methane gas produced by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has caused rare blue flames to arise from cracks in the pavement. U.S. Geological Survey scientists were able to capture what they called "one of the ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland has prompted evacuations, including at nearby tourist sites like the Blue Lagoon. The Sundhnukur volcano, located on the Reykjanes Peninsula, began erupting ...

Some volcanoes, such as the Cascade volcanoes up in Washington and Oregon, are of the type called a stratovolcano. These steep volcanoes sometimes erupt explosively and other times have calmer lava ...