A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes ...

Several U.S. states, from Hawaii’s fiery peaks to Alaska’s smoldering mountains, have the highest number of active ...

Cadets from Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) have completed a Geological Oceanography field course in Hawaii, an ...

As people from around the world are captivated by episodic lava fountaining during the ongoing Kilauea eruption in Halema‘uma ...

Nour Malas was an editor on the Health and Science team at The Wall Street Journal. She was previously a national reporter covering the U.S. West, and a foreign reporter covering the Middle East. She ...

Lava fountains from a fissure in the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa during the 2022 eruption. It was the first time in 38 ...

Kīlauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

Watch live as lava bubbles out of Kilauea, Hawaii’s most active volcano. The volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been ...

A major shakeup in leadership is underway at the National Park Service. Late last week, Elon Musk's Department of Government ...

During UAS overflights on April 15, United States Geological Survey-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (USGS-HVO) staff collected ...

Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawaii’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This week we explore how the beach at Pohoiki, near the ...