For years, social media users have shared images and videos they claimed show Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological ...

This discovery marks the first-ever record of such preservation, representing an entirely new form of soft tissue ...

Volcanoes form as the magma rises through the Earth's crust. The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park has been sporadically erupting since December. Lava erupted from the volcano ...

Volcanoes can also form where plates crash into each other. When one tectonic plate pushes beneath another, it's called subduction. The plate diving into Earth pulls down rocks and minerals full ...

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō ...

Heavier plates can slide beneath lighter ones, heating and melting the rock and creating magma. Volcanoes form as the magma rises through the Earth's crust. The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii’s Volcanoes ...

Kilauea is in a unique phase of activity in Halema‘uma‘u, with 12 episodes of dual lava fountains since Dec. 23, 2024.