Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea’s sporadic eruption resumed.

Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from its summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday morning ...

Shield volcanoes are big, broad volcanoes made up of oozy lava flows that erupt from multiple vents. Hawaii's Mauna Loa and Kilauea are both shield volcanoes. Though they don't form a classic cone ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is shooting lava 700 feet into the air just months before the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory could be ...

Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa, the world's most active volcano located in Hawaii. Shield volcanoes typically produce runny lava flows that result in gentle slopes.

It should come as no surprise that when I head to a tropical island, I am more interested in the mountains than the beach.

Volcanoes offer breath-taking views and thrilling adventures. Explore Iceland’s Thrihnukagigur magma chamber, Costa Rica’s ...

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park has been constantly erupting since 1983 In 1990 a new lava flow destroyed the historic fishing village of Kalapana, encasing it in rock ...

It amounts to about 85 percent of the area of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined. It’s a shield volcano, determined by its broad, sloping sides formed by the accumulation of lava flows.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is at it again, with lava from the latest eruptive episode shooting nearly 600 feet into the air. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), episode 11 of the ...

Some of the most famous examples of shield volcanoes make up the islands of Hawaii. One of them, Mauna Loa, is actually the largest volcano on the planet. Volcanic eruptions can be catastrophic in ...

Shield volcanoes do not have such violent eruptions. These volcanoes tend to have gentle slopes and their runnier lava spreads and hardens over a wider area. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a ...