In the forests of the southeastern United States, dense tree cover dominates most landscapes. That's why the Appalachian Trail is sometimes nicknamed "The Green Tunnel." But avid hikers know that ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

NASA’s Curiosity rover continues detailed observations of boxwork formations at Gale Crater while monitoring atmospheric dust as Mars enters its dusty season.

Marcia Bjornerud loves rocks. Not just under a petrographic microscope, but as animated entities with properties and ...

A petroglyph in the “Heads & Hearts: Seeing the Landscape through Nez Perce Eyes” exhibit with Tribal Clan symbols. (Photo by Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America) Indigenous ...

Next week has the Lyon County Highway Department busy with bridge work. Crews will close Road 240 between Roads X and Y on Monday, followed by Road 310 between C and D on Tuesday, Road 170 between R-1 ...

Alfred University Assistant Professor of Geology Kristian Olson met undergraduate Piper Moore in his Structural Geology class in 2024. Piper was an art student in her third year at Alfred. She had an ...

Saturn’s moon Mimas, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft. A new study shows how such small ice moons could sustain a liquid ocean beneath an icy shell, and how that could give rise to surface features.

Geology has long been a field rooted in exploration and discovery. Traditionally, geologists spent long hours outdoors, mapping landscapes by hand and studying rock formations up close. These hands-on ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: If you’ve ever held or beheld a diamond, there’s a good chance it came from a kimberlite. Over 70% of the world’s diamonds are mined from these unique volcanic structures. Yet ...

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