One of Japan’s most active volcanoes could be close to a major eruption threatening the “Naples of the Eastern World”, research suggests. A team of experts developed pioneering techniques to map the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Livestream video from Japan’s Sakurajima volcano showed an impressive plume of ash rising from its crater on April 11. The ...

An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long. Mount Shinmoedake in southern Japan erupted ...

Damavand lies in the Alborz range, near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. A dormant volcano, Damavand rises 5,609m into the skies of Iran. It's the highest peak in the country and holds ancient ...

(CNN) — A 49-year-old man has died, and at least 10 others are injured, after a volcano erupted near the popular Japanese ski resort of Kusatsu, shooting flaming rocks into the sky. The eruption of ...

Volcanic activity in Russia’s Far East is forcing flight diversions, delays and possibly cancellations. The Sarychev Peak volcano in the Kuril Islands, close to the Japanese island Hokkaido, began ...

An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long.