As people from around the world are captivated by episodic lava fountaining during the ongoing Kilauea eruption in Halema‘uma ...

Lava fountains from a fissure in the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa during the 2022 eruption. It was the first time in 38 ...

In his California laboratory, Ralph Keeling examines a graph created from data his father began collecting that keeps a ...

Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawaii’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This week we explore how the beach at Pohoiki, near the ...

The beach at Pohoiki grew rapidly in the year following the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea and has continued ...

Kilauea and Mauna Loa updates, volcano photos, maps, recent earthquake information, and more. Email questions to ...

For many Native Hawaiians, an eruption of a volcano like Mauna Loa has a deep yet very personal cultural significance.

The largest of the state’s six active volcanoes is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and erupted in 2022.

Haleakala, a huge shield volcano on Maui. Snow is actually a fact of life each year over the islands' peaks. Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, slumbering volcanoes on the Big Island, are the highest points ...

The volcano's latest eruption began on December 23 and has been pausing and resuming since. The largest of the state’s six active volcanoes is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and erupted in ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Kilauea is the real "must-see" of the two volcanoes. A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active ...

Officials ordered evacuations for those living within a 6-kilometer radius (nearly 4-mile) of the volcano's crater as emergency shelters began filling. A time-lapse video posted to X by the ...