Geologists have identified extensive microscopic tunnel systems preserved within ancient marble and limestone formations, revealing biological activity dating back up to two million years. The ...

Two video cameras and a weather station near Marconi Beach in Wellfleet help USGS scientists test water level warning system for the Atlantic Coast.

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

Mel’s Hole didn’t begin as a supernatural story. It began as a depth problem. Repeated attempts to measure the hole produced results that didn’t align with known geology. Each test created more ...

Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to ...

Zircon crystals have provided scientists with an invaluable tool for dating the Earth, revealing its true age to be around 4.54 billion years old.

Scientists warn that a crack in Africa could create giant mountains in the future that could surpass the Himalayas.

Our planet plunged into one of the most dramatic climate states in its long history, approximately 720–635 million years ago.

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...