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Mud Volcanoes

What Caused This Massive Mud Volcano Eruption in Indonesia?

For more than a decade, hot mud has oozed across thousands of acres, displacing entire villages.

Michael Hudec January 23, 2023

The tofu is cut into cubes and served with sweet soy paste and some wasabi on top.

The Secret to This Taiwanese Town’s Tofu Is a Mud Volcano

This unusual terroir produces firm, tasty tofu.

Clarissa Wei April 13, 2021

Fuli Township, Taiwan

Luoshan Organic Tofu Farm

Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.

Northern fur seal pups on Bogoslof Island.

Baby Alaskan Fur Seals Are Thriving Atop a Bubbling Undersea Volcano

They don't seem to mind the eruptions of Bogoslof Island, as long as there's squid and smoothtongue to eat.

Sabrina Imbler October 4, 2019

A mud bubble in a Rotorua mud pool.

The Controversy Over Five Tons of Imported Party Mud

Locals in New Zealand say it's like importing sand to the desert.

Natasha Frost July 27, 2017

The Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field.

Calipatria, California

Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

Santa Catalina, Colombia

The Volcan de Lodo El Totumo

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Mud Volcano

Scorțoasa, Romania

Berca Mud Volcanoes

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

Mud volcano erupts its "lava"

Fiorano modenese, Italy

Salse di Nirano

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

Detail of the active vent of a mud volcano at Piparo, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Piparo Mud Volcano

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

Gas vents bubbling away at the top.

Minbu Mud Volcanoes

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

Sidoarjo, Indonesia

The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.