So, you’ve heard about Ape Cave, the massive lava tube tucked beneath Mount St. Helens, and you’re thinking about making the ...

More than 40 years after the Mount St. Helens eruption buried a Washington river valley under volcanic sediment, 58 relocated ...

Imagine. You are being put in charge of planning for a future major volcanic eruption. All you have is an incomplete list of volcanoes in the world, some experience of past eruptions, and a few ...

Washington state drivers soon will be able to get a Mount St. Helens license plate! The license plates will help fund the ...

The Mount St. Helens Institute will auction the rights to the first 25 plates — numbered VM00001 through VM00025 — beginning Saturday.

The mighty chunks rise all over the world, including the oceans. They usually have steep, sloping sides and sharp or rounded ridges, and a high point, called a peak or summit. Most geologists classify ...

In May 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted catastrophically. It resulted in one of the largest natural disasters in American history, claiming 57 lives and even darkening the sun. It ...

Mount Everest is widely recognised as Earth's highest mountain, standing as the ultimate symbol of altitude and exploration. According to NASA, beyond our planet lies a volcanic giant that dwarfs ...

Volcanoes have shaped some of the world's most productive landscapes, leaving behind fertile soils, natural harbours and landscapes that have supported communities for centuries. The same geological ...

Benjamin “Ben” Andersen, 37, disappeared in May during a trip to mark the Mount St. Helens eruption anniversary, where he was believed to be training for an ultramarathon.

Above the clouds at the summit of Haleakala, the largest volcano on Maui, encompassing three-quarters of the island, I look out over the crater, stretching out in shades of red, black and brown. It’s ...

After Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, experts were faced with a precarious question: How can we best prepare for when—not if—the next volcanic eruption in the Cascade Range occurs? Triggered by a ...