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

Archaeologists have unearthed a treasure trove of artifacts frozen in time deep within a West Texas cave, including ...

Archaeologists previously assumed that East Asia did not see considerable tool development during the Middle Paleolithic, but ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

The Guinness World Record for the oldest Earth rock is currently held by the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, which is listed as ...

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

NPCA shares the latest archaeological discovery at Mammoth Cave National Park, which has a pretty fascinating human history, too.

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

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Law enforcement officials are offering a $1,500 reward for information that leads to the vandalism who damaged ancient Native American petroglyphs on federal land near Bishop. The vandalism at the ...

It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, according to government officials. The age of the lines ...