On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Hayli Gubbi, a volcano in Ethiopia's Afar Region, erupted for the first time in recorded history. Scientists think the last time this volcano blew was somewhere between ...

Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano has erupted for the first time in recorded history, sending ash high above the Afar region. The eruption began on Sunday and pushed a tall plume into the sky, with light ...

Africa is home to some of the world’s most astonishing natural wonders, formations and phenomena so extraordinary that they ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea—one of Earth’s most active volcanoes—is bringing the drama. On December 6 lava fountains in the Halema‘uma‘u crater at the shield volcano’s summit spewed more than 1,000 feet into the ...

It was the 38th eruption since the current series began in December 2024. Another spectacular eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in the world has destroyed the live camera volcanologists use ...

A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so quickly. The plague known as the Black Death arrived in southern Europe in ...