Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their ...

If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and ...

Instantly recognizable by their spiral shells, these ancient predators were relatives of modern squid and octopuses. Because ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Newly discovered African fossils lend a hand to suspicions that an ancient hominid outside our own genus, Homo, made and used stone and bone tools.

The American Museum of Natural History is relocating Apex, a 150-million-year-old skeleton, to a new spot near its dinosaur ...

What if cropdusting could cool down the climate? What about rockdusting? Turns out sprinkling rock dust on fields may enhance ...

When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the piece of history? It’s not as simple as you may think. To discover more about jaw-dropping finds–like the ...

SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — A Utah state agency is threatening to remove a flagpole recently placed illegally atop a historic landmark on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. The flagpole and attached ...

LAWRENCE—The Kansas Geological Survey has released a new full-color geologic map of Jewell County, where an ancient inland sea left rocks rich in fossils, time and erosion created a striking landscape ...

A department notice says the left southbound lane of I-5 will be closed from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. just south of exit 46 for Headquarters Road. The weakened tree could fall on the roadway, causing crashes or ...

Stylolites — irregular seams that occur in limestone — have been found to affect how acoustic waves move through rock samples. Laboratory-based insights from KAUST researchers offer an improved ...