National parks bring a plethora of beauty for all to enjoy year-round, but not without the risk of rockfall at some popular ...

The Kuwait Society for Earth Sciences has reported the occurrence of sinkholes in the areas of Jal Al- Zour and Al-Mutlaa in ...

Travertine is not only a geological wonder but also a popular building material. Its use dates back to ancient Rome, evident ...

Commemorating a painful past and protecting the vibrant present are not opposing forces in this German resort area.

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

The western U.S. is a geologists' dream, home to the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, active volcanoes and striking sandstone arches. But one landform simply doesn't make sense.

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.

Huge, dark pillars of stone rise from the dirt. They are perfectly hexagonal. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder like a ...

Seismologists Discover Hidden Faults Beneath One of the U.S.'s Biggest Earthquake Hotspots ...

For many years, scientists viewed Mercury as a world that no longer had an active geological history. The planet appears to be almost completely uniform, dry, barren, and mostly unchanged for the ...

The ground beneath northern South America holds memories far older than any city or road. Locked inside ancient volcanic ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...