Charles Darwin worried that the fossil record looked strangely abrupt, with complex animals appearing in a geological instant ...

Greenland, the largest island on Earth, possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources anywhere in the world.

REEs such as niobium, tantalum and ytterbium have been discovered in igneous rock layers – similar to the discovery (and ...

East of the Caspian Sea, the Mangystau region of western Kazakhstan is full of history and light on American travelers.

Imagine a volcanic eruption so massive it could plunge the Earth into darkness, trigger widespread famine, and alter the ...

In 1946, following World War II, during which the U.S. took over the defense of Greenland, President Harry Truman offered ...

In her debut, Portland-based science writer Laura Poppick elegantly makes the case that Earth's ancient geological history is ...

Tenontosaurus fossils found in West Texas, the southernmost record of the dinosaur and a key to the Early Cretaceous.

More than six centuries later, scientists say that the skeletons hold vital clues about the history of tsunamis.

In exploring Earth's ancient past, researchers delve into the bedrock of the Makhonjwa Mountains in South Africa, uncovering ...

Division of Geological Survey rang in the new year with the official launch of a refreshed version of the Ohio Geology ...