The Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, has been reported Monday to be erupting for the first time in nearly 4 decades. Webcam footage released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Scientists say Mauna Loa’s recent eruption has given them their first look “inside” the volcano in almost 40 years. They’ve been studying samples from last year ...

Shiny and elusive, featherlight and golden-brown. If poets were to write about rocks, I’m sure they would sing their praises of Pele’s hairs. Don’t be fooled, though, because Pele’s hairs are strands ...

The eruption of Mauna Loa wasn’t immediately endangering towns, but the U.S. Geological Survey warned the roughly 200,000 people on the Big Island that an eruption “can be very dynamic ...

Following last year's eruption of Mauna Loa, the park reopened Mauna Loa Trail from the trailhead near Mauna Loa Lookout to Puʻuʻulaʻula (Red Hill). To get to the cabin, hikers must complete a ...

With Mauna Loa continuing to be quiet since its first eruption in 38 years ended Dec. 13, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory officials have lowered the volcano’s alert level from advisory to normal and ...

For example, Mauna Loa eruptions typically begin at the summit and about half the time continue from one of the volcano’s rift zones. Kilauea has a different pattern of eruptive behavior.

The entire state of Hawai’i is a land of sea breezes, beaches of every color and heavenly polynesian flowers with an explosive core. The island of Hawai’i is the oldest and largest island, dominated ...