Mount Elgon straddles the Uganda-Kenya border and boasts of one of Africa's largest volcanic bases. The caldera on the peak gives hikers an opportunity to explore the caves carved by ancient lava ...

Five weeks of mapping at sea suggests two possible origins for the underwater Tamu Massif. An article by Scientific American. Earth’s biggest volcano, its peak nearly two kilometers beneath the ...

News reports are claiming that scientists have recently found the largest volcano on Earth lurking deep under the ocean. Some even go so far as to call it the biggest in the solar system. So how ...

The largest volcano in the world, Tamu Massif, presents interesting opportunities to understand the Earth's mantle.

The world's largest volcano lurks beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers have announced.

Mauna Loa, the largest volcano on Earth, has been showing signs of heightened unrest. Is it getting ready to erupt for the first time in almost 40 years?

NASA’s Perseverance rover captures striking new details of the planet, including rock samples that could return to Earth in future missions.

Martian meteorites are mostly volcanic in origin, but how they are related to one another and where they come from on Mars have been enduring scientific puzzles. These meteorites can be found in the ...

A dormant volcano near Reykjavík, Iceland, erupted late last week. Like most eruptions around the world in the past century, it does not compare in the least to the largest known eruption in ...

And while the smaller shield volcano on Mauna Loa’s eastern slope garners international attention for its tantrums, its big sibling has been slumbering since it last erupted in 1984.

Researchers revealed the largest and hottest shield volcano on Earth. A team of volcanologists and ocean explorers used several lines of evidence to determine which volcano holds that distinction.

Back in 2013, Tamu Massif -- a giant underwater volcano off the coast of Japan -- stole Hawaii's crown as the largest single volcano in the world. But it's not a true volcano at all.