Plans are to keep Mauna Loa Road’s historic width and scenic alignment through native forest, lava flows and viewpoints. The ...

Scores of small earthquakes — the largest at magnitude 4.3 — rumbled along the Kama‘ehuakanaloa undersea volcano southeast of ...

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is inviting community input on its plan to manage over 132,000 acres in the Kahuku ahupuaʻa (traditional land division) in Kaʻū.

An undersea volcano off the southeastern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii has been rocked by a swarm of more than 70 ...

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

There aren't many tropical destinations as inspiring to art-lovers and creative travelers as this Hawaiian town set beneath ...

The recent eruption at Napau Crater was the first on Kilauea’s middle East Rift Zone (ERZ) in six years. We often remember ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says it has detected an increase seismic activity around Kamaʻehuakanaloa. The underwater volcano ...

Hawaii’s “Big Island” saw some winter weather at one of its highest points this week, when snowfall blanketed the top of ...

Tiltmeters are a crucial component of the volcanic monitoring network in Hawaii. By detecting subtle changes in ground ...

Snow is common on any mountain that rises above 11,000 feet, and Maunakea and Mauna Loa both rise to nearly 14,000 feet; they ...

Lower elevation areas of Hawaii never see snow, Wroe said. Snow is also rare for some of the higher peaks as well. For ...