A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical ...

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

Tucked away in Huntingdon County, Trough Creek State Park showcases rock formations so uniquely spectacular that geologists get misty-eyed just thinking about them, yet somehow this 541-acre ...

Richard Hartfield flips his own script and spends summer in the Swiss Alps, mending the trails he usually hikes. The post ...

Ohio hides a natural sanctuary where ancient trees whisper secrets of the past and dramatic 100-foot bluffs offer views that ...

I am hiking along the Metacomet Ridge in Greenfield, Massachusetts – a rather steep basaltic structure, modestly less than five hundred feet high and topped by a stately brick tower constructed in ...

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

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

Books Received Published: 02 July 1914 Igneous Rocks and their Origin Nature 93, 449–450 (1914) Cite this article ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

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In conversation with Mále Uribe, we set out to learn about the processes and ideas that work at the intersection of art, ...