Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

This beautiful river is a must-visit swimming spot -- if not for the hue of the water, then for the unique animalesque rock!

Natural cement found in industrial waste reacts with ocean water to form rocks in just 35 years, instead of millions.

Imagine alien limestone towers emerging from a creepy (but beautiful) lake. Now, add toxic water and dangerous dust storms, ...

A new dinosaur species unearthed from the famed Morrison Formation in Colorado has been identified, according to a journal ...

Nature doesn’t follow blueprints, and sometimes the result is strange enough to stop you in your tracks. Around the world, ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

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

Scientists believe Michigan may be an abundant source of what could become the next big thing in carbon-free energy.

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

Rock formations called “hoodoos” fill the Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northern New Mexico. The desert area is rich with fossils from dinosaurs and animals that lived here in ancient times.

“These enormous rock gardens were built by water, wind and ice that wore down the ancestral range,” the Red Rocks website states. Not all rocks from the Fountain Formation are red, however.