While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

The Christmas Valley Sand Dunes in Christmas Valley, Oregon are the state’s best-kept secret, hiding in plain sight in the high desert where most people never think to look. These massive sand ...

Many high-risk communities have early warning systems. Scientists warn of increased risk of deadly floods first appeared on ...

Just as geology created the conditions for human habitation in the Fertile Crescent, those same tectonic movements created ...

A rock face on the Monte Conero anticline holds many paddle-like footprint tracks packed together on one surface, likely made by sea turtles.

Little Foot’s face looks like it has been through a slow-motion car crash, because it has. For millions of years, rock ...

If life once existed on Mars, the most likely place to find evidence of it may be locked away in the planet’s ice.

New research shows that early land plants started influencing Earth’s climate hundreds of millions of years earlier than ...

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.

“This study demonstrates that eggshell biocalcite from non-avian dinosaurs, birds, and other egg-laying vertebrates has the ...

Some homeowners say they are finding pieces of rock and sediment when they turn on the faucet. Not only are some refusing to drink it, spending money on expensive water filters doesn't seem to help ...