Peter Fisher/National Geographic Fuego Volcano in Guatemala has been erupting continually since 2002. This image shows hikers ...

Selected from more than 2.3 million images taken this year, National Geographic has revealed the 2024 Pictures of the Year.

National Geographic released its annual “Pictures of the Year” issue this week, showcasing 20 photographs that depict ...

"It’s more than just a collection of great images, it’s a reflection of everything National Geographic embodies: curiosity, ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Indonesia has 127 active volcanoes. Only the U.S. (168) and Russia (144) have more. Essential packing list: We landed ...

This story appears in the April 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. When? This is the question that has brought two of the world's leading volcano scientists to the center of Africa ...

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... "has been formerly one vast crater of a now extinct volcano." The lieutenant was right: Yellowstone is a volcano ...

This story appears in the September 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine ... quickly followed by a blistering hail of volcanic rock, the man and the woman hastily abandoned their village ...

Four types of volcanoes—shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug dome—can be found in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where they literally bubble and steam.

This story appears in the May 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... before the top 1,300 feet of the volcano—more than three billion cubic yards of mud, ash, and melting snow ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.