A daring journey through Ethiopia’s Afar Desert leads to Erta Ale, one of only a few volcanoes with a permanent lava lake. For days, the explorer camps beside rivers of molten rock, breathing smoke ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

This intriguing astronaut photo shows a pair of islands in the murky green waters of a major African lake. Both landmasses are home to monasteries that hold important religious relics, including the ...

Mount Nyiragongo is rarely calm. The mountainous volcano in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the few places in the world to feature a persistent lake of lava bubbling ...

Mount Erebus, Antarctica’s southernmost active volcano, is generating an unexpected fortune. Every day, the volcano releases tiny particles of gold dust, a phenomenon that has captivated scientists ...

Dazzling eruptions draw visitors to places like Iceland and Hawaii. Here’s how to see them safely. Lava flows create a map-like pattern on black basalt rocks at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, which ...