In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these ...

Viewers watching the U.S. Geological Survey’s livestream of the latest eruption of Kīlauea on Tuesday evening were surprised ...

Kīlauea has been erupting episodically since Dec. 23, 2024, primarily from two vents (north and south) in Halema‘uma‘u.

This story was updated on Dec. 24, 2025. A year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, one of the world’s most active volcanoes awoke.   That ...

Scientists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have installed a new monitoring camera at Kīlauea volcano to replace V3cam, ...

The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island shot lava fountains as high as 1,400 feet into the air, the USGS reported.

Kilauea’s Halema‘uma‘u crater, with a style of activity not seen for nearly 40 years. The eruption, characterized by high lava-fountaining episodes, has continued for nearly a year. Hawaii Volcanoes ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again on Wednesday for the 39th time in a year, continuing to be among one of the world’s most active volcanoes.

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

According to Jennifer Lyn Lewicki, a research geologist at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) California Volcano ...

Often spotted by onlookers in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, or even by YouTube livestream viewers, the long, ashy gray or ...