This photo was taken by a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring webcam just before 6 a.m. July 9, 2025, during Episode 28 ...

About 74,000 years ago, the Earth experienced an event so immense that some scientists believe it nearly wiped out our species. This event is known as the Toba catastrophe, named after Lake Toba on ...

HPR contributor Betsy Brown spoke with a USGS geologist during the last eruptive episode to find out what’s causing this ...