On very clear days, I can see five volcanoes from my campus. They’re Rainier, Hood, Adams, St. Helens and Baker. That’s … a lot. I asked my friend Katie Cooper about it. She’s a geophysicist at ...

This volcanoes hike in Ecuador goes 200 miles from village to village. Read tips for how to plan your multi-day trek from Quito to Cotopaxi to Banos hot springs.

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American Samoa is a United States territory which comprises the easternmost islands of a volcanic island chain formed by the Samoan hotspot in the South Pacific Ocean. Its small islands are the tops ...