As Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to spew lava into neighborhoods and eject foreboding plumes of dark ash into the sky, a nearby underwater volcano named Lo‘ihi patiently waits to rise above ...

One site he knew intimately was Loihi, the submarine volcano that is currently building itself into Hawaii’s next island. It rises about 13,000 feet from its base to its summit, which lies ...

They also found plenty of unusual creatures, including crabs, limpets and shrimp: The shrimp reveal intriguing adaptations to volcano living. "The 'Loihi' shrimp has adapted to grazing the ...

The sampling of these volcanoes includes early, pre-shield stage (Loihi), main-phase shield building (Kilauea, Kohala, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Koolau) and late-stage, tholeiitic to ...