Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

This week, discover the Sahara’s greener past, explore a mysterious cosmological force, marvel at a new concept for space ...

They wanted to ensure whatever methods being used to record the ancient art rock sites would be unobtrusive. Some of the sites are remote and not easy to get to. The pictographs themselves ...

A rock shaped like an arrowhead on Mars, displaying intriguing features, could reveal clues about ancient microbial activity. Scientists remain puzzled by these discoveries. A close-up of the Martian ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

UNC Charlotte professors collaborate on a project that explores how rock cracking changes as our atmosphere continues warming ...

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in finding individuals who desecrated ancient ... rock by Paiute-Shoshone people long before European settlers came to the American West. The unique ...

Less than 15 miles from the Silver Fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest's trees are thousands of years old, including ...

Because of this, scientists have long thought that the key to determining when plate tectonics began is to find the first appearance of this fingerprint in ancient rocks. Unfortunately ...

TNO proudly presents the new edition of 'Geology of the Netherlands', a comprehensive reference ... Ten Veen: "We have geological knowledge of roughly the upper 10 kilometres of rock, but especially ...