Uturuncu, a Bolivian ‘zombie volcano’ that hasn’t erupted in more than 250,000 years, has shown signs of life. But scientists ...

The volcano is thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, so it poses no danger to people. But under all that water, a ...

One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one day. Here’s what scientists are saying.

Scientists believed that the key to understanding this was to visualize the way that magma and gases move around underneath the volcano. This new study, which drew upon expertise from the ...

So that’s why some researchers are hoping to talk to volcanoes directly — to observe their magma chambers in real time. In some ways, the dream of a magma observatory started with an accident.

For over a century, researchers have worked to understand Yellowstone's volcano ... Yellowstone's magma cap and hints at when it may erupt. The Yellowstone caldera has a magma chamber about ...

Credit: Xiyu Zhang via Getty Images A "breathing" cap of magma has been discovered inside the Yellowstone supervolcano, and it might help determine when the volcano will next erupt, a new study ...

It started in 2020, when Jamie Farrell, then a research associate professor of geology and geophysics and chief seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Yellowstone Volcano Observatory ...

It started in 2020, when Jamie Farrell, then a research associate professor of geology and geophysics and chief seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Yellowstone Volcano Observatory ...

Scripps News spoke with Michael Poland, the scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory ... earthquake waves off of the top of the magma chamber," Poland said.