It’s also just 12 miles (19km) from one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world: Mount Nyiragongo. Mount Nyiragongo can have lava flows of more than 60 miles (96km) per hour.

Mount Nyiragongo volcano, an iconic feature of the park, has been almost stripped of trees. ‘Integrated Deforestation Alerts’ (shown by red dots) from Global Forest Watch in Virunga National ...

Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano, looms over Goma. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay. That instability in the eastern DRC has facilitated the flow of illicitly mined minerals out of the country and ...

Goma, a city of two million, hasn't just been overtaken by rebels. It's also just 12 miles (19km) from one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world: Mount Nyiragongo. Mount Nyiragongo can ...

Over 3,500 Congolese citizens flee to Rubavu, Rwanda, after the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in Goma, DR Congo. The 3,000m high volcano erupted in 1977, killing over 600 people. It also ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced the creation of a huge new forest reserve, the size of France.

As Italy's Mount Etna continued to erupt, three daredevil skiers were captured skiing down the snowy slopes. Video footage shows the skiers coming down the slopes with glowing, molten lava flowing ...

Hundreds of small earthquakes have occurred beneath Mount Spurr, located in the volcanically active Aleutian Arc and approximately 75 miles west of Anchorage, according to the Alaska Volcano ...

A week of spectacular lava sprays on Sicily’s snow-capped Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanos, has drawn thousands of people wanting to see the eruption. But the sudden influx ...