A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

A minor, 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological ...

A light, 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Central California on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the ...

In August, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) released its most extensive geological map to date. It's called The Cooperative National Geologic Map, and it provides an interactive look at the ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a remarkably intact impact structure that is now known as the Jinlin crater.

A small earthquake was recorded near Ladson late Sunday night. The South Carolina Emergency Management Division said the ...

Learn key facts about Dames Cave Trail in Withlacoochee State Forest from hidden sinkholes to forest scenery so you can hike ...

Fact is, I’ve never really heard that old saw of a proverb applied to actual books. Instead, it’s always spoken — even reverently intoned — in reference to a person who might not dress in the latest ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza has never lacked for theories, but a new wave of research is replacing speculation with testable ...

In the aquamarine waters surrounding Lord Howe Island, you can swim with Australia’s only community of Galapagos sharks.