With its red-hot rivers of lava and clouds of ash, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has captured the world's attention. But how dangerous are such eruptions? Every year about 60 volcanoes erupt.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted in early May, sending a smoldering flow of lava into residential areas on the Big Island. Authorities ordered people living in Leilani Estates and Lanipuna ...

During the 1970s, Robin Holcomb conducted his doctoral field work and research on Kilauea while working at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. His work included mapping a series of lava flows ...

The Journal of Geology Vol. 34, No. 4, May - Jun., 1926 The Keaiwa or 1823 Lava Flow from Kilaue... The Keaiwa or 1823 Lava Flow from Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

A volcanic photographer captured stunning time-lapse footage of this lava flow on the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, USA. The footage shows molten lava oozing out of an opening in the rocks ...

A man in Hawaii has died after falling down a "lava tube" - a tunnel formed by volcanic eruptions - while trimming trees on his property. Police say the 71-year-old had apparently fallen about ...

HONOLULU--Lava from the world’s largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island of Hawaii, scientists said Thursday, a development that was a welcome ...

During the 1970s, Robin Holcomb conducted his doctoral field work and research on Kilauea while working at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. His work included mapping a series of lava flows ...

Video footage shows a geologist scooping molten lava into a bucket of water before it is taken away for testing. The lava has a thin crust on it that's caused by air cooling, so the geologist has ...

widely known as lava tubes, are formed in a geological instant—a year or two, sometimes weeks—by an eruption from the Earth’s crust. Most of Hawaii’s lava tubes are formed by a type of ...