For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly 13,000 feet above the desert landscape, standing proud and still. But in 2023, ...

The sudden awakening of a volcano that had been quiet for roughly 12,000 years has transformed a remote corner of Ethiopia into a global focal point, as a towering ash plume shot into the sky like an ...

Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. This is the second volcano to erupt in the region following the magnitude 8.8 megaquake on July 30. When you purchase through links ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Taftan, a 13,000-foot-tall stratovolcano in southeastern Iran, is showing signs of life with a rapid uplifting of ground near the summit over the ...

The Taftan volcano in Iran frequently expels gas, but has not erupted. A volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years could be gearing up for a massive explosion, according to new ...

Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia has been dormant for all of recorded history. A long-dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia's ...

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes pose the greatest threat. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect ...