Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

Aliah, a 62-year-old man, has captured global attention for his choice to live a solitary life in a cave on Socotra, Yemen.

Stone tools are rocks that have been selected for use or intentionally altered. This technology appeared around 3.3 million years ago and became essential to hominins—all the living and extinct ...

Heavier and curvier stones, rather than flatter rocks, skim across water surface more successfully, according to a new study. Skimming, or rock “skipping,” happens following their low-angle ...

Rough Stone.Rocks started in 2016 in New Hampshire. Porada said the mining operations he focuses on are considered small-scale, or artisanal.

Turning to Stone Marcia Bjornerud Flatiron Books, $28.99. Marcia Bjornerud sits in the basement of a soon-to-be-demolished building at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis.