Masaya Volcano, which sits 12 miles south of Managua, has a lava lake and last erupted with lava in 1772. In 2001, the crater exploded, sending rocks up to 500m from the crater, injuring one ...

Nicaragua's Masaya Volcano is one of the world’s most active volcanoes In the countdown to the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, “Good Morning America” and our partner National Geographic ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) – In a Dec. 26 story about a volcano erupting in Nicaragua, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the San Cristobal volcano is northeast of the capital, Managua.

A group of walkers in Nicaragua had an unexpected surprise on Monday when a group hike to the top of the country’s Telica volcano saw it erupt just metres in front of them.

Reporting from Altagracia, Nicaragua — On the road south from the international airport in Managua, Nicaragua swooshes by, unfurling in buzzing, humid green. Fields of swaying banana trees ...

Nicaragua's tallest volcano has belched an ash cloud hundreds of feet into the sky in its latest bout of sporadic activity, prompting the evacuation of nearby residents, the government said on ...

Peering down from atop Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro volcano, it’s easy to see how a daredevil on a bicycle earned a land speed record gliding down its cinder cone slope. The drop is a stomach ...

If you look at any map of Nicaragua you will see that volcanoes litter the landscape, forming an impressive chain that runs like a dot-to-dot from the north to the south of the country; and at the top ...

The volcano and its neighbor, Volcán Maderas (4,573 feet) make up the island of Ometepe, meaning “between two hills” in Nahuatl, the indigenous language of the island.