The United States has a habit of showcasing its geology. Long before cities and highways showed up, forces beneath the ...

Maps are an important tool for learning about the world around you. Some maps are designed to show what roads will take you where, and others are designed to tell you about the actual land in a given ...

From subtle changes in geochemistry to massive volcanoes, the geologic wonders of the world never cease to amaze. Here we span the earth to find the best natural wonders of the world, both in their ...

The Meghalayan is one of three newly designated time intervals dividing the Holocene Epoch The newly named current geologic age that started 4,200 years ago. Welcome to the Meghalayan, our geologic ...

New evidence suggests Europa’s seafloor may be a geologically dead wasteland, lacking the volcanic energy necessary to ...

If you know how to read it, the face of a cliff can be as compelling as the latest bestselling novel. Each layer of rock is a chapter in Earth’s history, telling stories of birth and death, winners ...

Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...

At an old mining camp in the mountains above Cazadero in Sonoma County is a Mars-like panorama of steep crumbling red slopes, bizarre mineralized formations and green serpentine rock. The ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...