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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Oilfield cementing additives are essential for adjusting slurry properties such as thickening time, strength development, ...

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

As worldwide demand for rare earth elements and other similar minerals rises — as do tensions among the United States, China and now Greenland — South Dakota is experiencing its own debate over its ...

Geophysicists at Washington State University have uncovered a possible explanation for how nutrients may travel into the subsurface ocean of Europa, a moon of Jupiter that ranks among the strongest ...