With its top peaking just 6 meters (20 feet) below sea level, extending down to a depth of 24 meters, the Yonaguni Monument ...

For more than a century, visitors to a remote California lakebed have stared at long, ruler-straight tracks etched into the ...

Styx's Dennis DeYoung is voicing his frustration with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for its belated recognition of music icons. In a blistering Facebook post, the band's former lead singer, 78, slammed ...

Tara Djokic and co-authors received funding for this research from the Etheridge family descendants; Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum Trust; and Australian Research Council (ARC ...

Rocks are having a moment, at least the ones "sold" at Anthropologie are. In the last few weeks, the clothing and home goods store been going viral over a prank that continues to spread across social ...

Three Whale Rock is a geological formation and tourist attraction in Thailand's Phu Sing Forest Park that looks remarkably like a small family of whales. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine Earth without people”, a thought experiment about what would happen to our planet over thousands of years if humanity suddenly ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

The rock cycle is a prime example of how Earth is truly dynamic. The three main rock types that compose the Earth’s lithosphere undergo continual transformation into one another due to geologic ...

Authors recieved research funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Christine Siddoway has received research grants from the NSF Office of Polar Programs. Rebecca Flowers has received ...

Marcia Bjornerud sits in the basement of a soon-to-be-demolished building at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. The sole faculty member remaining in a depleted geology department, she sorts through ...

What better way to delve into Colorado’s history than by exploring some of its many different rock formations? Whether by foot, car, bike, or rock climbing, the state is filled with Mother Nature’s ...