Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was spewing out steam. In the following weeks, water, boiling-hot ...

Satellites operated by NASA have detected a temporary island in the Caspian Sea, formed by an offshore mud-volcano eruption, adding fresh evidence to a growing scientific case that these volatile ...

An explosion seen off the Caspian Sea on July Fourth was attributed to a mud volcano eruption. Gavriil Grigorov via Getty Images A mud volcano erupted on an island in the Caspian Sea about 46 miles ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was ...

India's only mud volcano at Baratang in Andaman and Nicobar Islands has again erupted, an official said on Friday, October 2. The volcano erupted with a deafening sound on October 2, the official was ...

Jacyn Schmidt and her fishing partner captured this image of a mud volcano on their depth sounder, just a few miles north of Sitka. (Photo by Jacyn Schmidt) A couple of Sitka residents who were ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at 400 m water depth, acts as a sanctuary for a number of marine species. One ...

The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago lies outside the hurricane zone, but it faces natural disasters caused by heavy rainfall, widespread flooding, earthquakes and even the occasional volcano ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...