Four types of volcanoes—shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug dome—can be found in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where they literally bubble and steam.

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

This story appears in the April 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. When? This is the question that has brought two of the world's leading volcano scientists to the center of Africa ...

"Three out of every four live volcanoes on Earth are here,” says National Geographic. “Almost all earthquakes happen here, too." The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics − giant ...

National Geographic has a reputation for breathtaking ... with our picks including a mesmerising picture of Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano exploding and a magnificent dune in Egypt’s vast desert.

The Ring of Fire is one of the most iconic geological features in the world. Stretching some 40,000 km along the Pacific Ocean, it is home to 75 per cent of the Earth’s volcanoes and 90 per cent of ...

Alerts have been sent out to phones in Andalusia after the Spanish region was rocked by earthquakes, it has been reported.

Territorial minister Manuel Miranda said on Tuesday that INVOLCAN and the National Geographic Institute (IGN) will be "constantly monitoring" the seismic and volcanic activity on the Canary Islands.