Taftan looms 3,940 meters above Iran’s Makran subduction zone, a rugged region where the Arabian plate dives beneath the ...

On the islands of Lanzarote, grapevines thrive in the fertile soil created by black volcanic ash. To protect the vines from ...

Rapid uplifting near the 13,000-foot-tall summit of Taftan shows that this long-dormant volcano is more geologically active ...

Witness the raw power of Earth in this cinematic 4K UHD footage. This video captures the breathtaking eruption of an active ...

For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly 13,000 feet ...

A volcano in Iran has shown signs of awakening after 710,000 years since its last eruption.The Taftan volcano near the ...

A volcano in southeastern Iran, believed to have been dormant for roughly 700,000 years, is showing signs of renewed activity ...

IN the 18th century, a series of volcanic eruptions turned the fertile fields of Lanzarote, the easternmost of Spain’s Canary Islands, into a desert of black ash. Instead of abandoning the land, ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

A volcanic island in Iceland revealed that birds, not wind, brought the first plants. This changes what we know about how ...

A series of earthquakes have been recorded in the Canary Islands in recent days including a tremor measuring 3.4 on the ...

The Canary Islands are a popular holiday destination for Brits, but one thing has stopped me from returning in recent years.