Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs.

Kelly Gravitt was last seen a year and a half ago at the Black Lava Vape Shop in Pahoa, Hawaii Island. The 34-year-old served ...

Hawaii's network of lava tubes is a fascinating destination in and of itself. These pyroducts, as they are scientifically named, are formed by rivers of lava that reach temperatures of more than ...

widely known as lava tubes, are formed in a geological instant—a year or two, sometimes weeks—by an eruption from the Earth’s crust. Most of Hawaii’s lava tubes are formed by a type of ...

Thousands of Hawaii residents are coping with a shortage of inexpensive insurance in sprawling subdivisions built on Big Island generations ago in the two most hazardous lava zones ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

The City and County of Honolulu isn’t being a good steward of historic stone sidewalks and street curbs, according to a ...

He’s saved hunting dogs in lava tubes before, but never three at a time. Bella, Pua and Steven had fallen down into a narrow lava tube after chasing a pig. The dogs had been trapped for about ...

Most visitors stay close to the action in Waikiki resorts, while some venture to Oahu's quieter North Shore or neighbouring islands of Maui, Kauai and the Big Island.

A geologist by training, he had an enduring love of the natural world, but more specifically of rocks. The author captures ...

About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby ...