Shark Fin Cove gets its name from the massive shark fin-shaped rock just offshore. This geological wonder creates one of the most photographed – yet still uncrowded – beaches in California. Located ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the first direct evidence that fragments of ‘proto-Earth’—ancient ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

Of all the mysteries surrounding dinosaurs, none has sparked more debate than how their era ended—was it a gradual decline or ...

Madagascar’s land reshaped twice. Two giant rifts flipped slopes, reversed rivers, and formed isolated landscapes that ...

New research suggests dinosaur populations were still thriving in North America before the asteroid strike, but it’s only one ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...

The deficit of this isotope is now thought to mean that some of the oldest rocks on Earth are actually remnants of our planet ...