In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

As simple pleasures are gay and hiking is gay, it feels easy to declare that the sport of rockhounding is also a gay activity ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

The U.S. has conducted aerial strikes on three Iranian underground sites, using for the first time massive bunker-busting ...

As the river system eroded rock, “the surrounding peaks were actually rising due to the elastic rebound of the Earth’s crust,” he added. “It’s like the landscape was doing the limbo ...

A river’s shift 89,000 years ago may have added up to 160 feet to Everest’s height through erosion and crust rebound, linking river dynamics to mountain formation in the Himalayas.

The crust buckled and crumpled on a gargantuan scale, ... And there is nothing better at creating that imbalance than a rock-eating river. In Everest’s shadow lies the Arun River.

San Antonio news of the week. This week's most popular stories include a loss for Thomas J. Henry, several new developments ...

Scientists already knew that most of the gold on the planet - more than 99.95 percent, according to Messling - lies hidden in ...