Mexico's Colima volcano erupted early Thursday morning, sending ash more than a mile into the sky and lava flowing down its sides. Photo: Webcams de Mexico via Storyful.

Artem Shuba via Unsplash Nearly 5,000 years ago, if the ground rumbled and the sky grew dark, it would be impossible for ancient agricultural communities to know that miles away a volcano had erupted.

Filipino authorities issued emergency evacuation orders after a volcano in the central Philippines erupted for a second time this year, spewing a high column of ash into the sky. Mount Kanlaon ...

Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted shortly before noon on Oct. 20, sending a massive plume of dark volcanic smoke up to 3,500 meters high. The first crater of Mount Nakadake erupted ...