Scientists reveal how Earth flipped into an ice age 350 million years ago, uncovering a major shift in the planet’s ancient ...

Elaborate life could be much older on Earth than previously thought. A team of researchers has uncovered a fossil site in ...

In subduction zones, the sites of the world's largest earthquakes, tectonic activity may generate a "pump" that transports ...

A new study led by University of Arizona researchers has uncovered how massive volcanic eruptions in the Andes Mountains ...

Two of the study's co-authors, Mark Clementz and Carolina Gutstein, are pictured with an outcrop bearing whale fossils.

One of Earth’s most impressive natural wonders—the Sahara Desert’s mysterious Richat Structure—just made a striking ...

The rock formations in the Yana Caves area are over 2,700 million years old, formed by the pressures of plate tectonics and ...

Record volcanic eruptions in the Andes could explain the mysterious death of dozens of whales about 5 to 8 million years ago, ...

NASA's latest image reveals the true geological origins of the Eye of the Sahara, debunking its origins as a meteor impact ...

A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

Discover Arizona's surreal natural wonders that look like alien worlds, featuring landscapes and geological formations beyond ...

America’s rare earth vulnerability is widely misunderstood. The problem is not that rare earths are “rare,” nor even that the ...