Sedimentary rocks aren’t just stones under our feet—they’re Earth’s storytellers, recording ancient environments, climate ...

Dolomite has been notoriously impossible to replicate in a lab because of recurring defects in mineral layers—but not anymore ...

It was a battle environmentalists thought they had won years ago. But fracking – the controversial technology for extracting ...

Next time you walk the Marginal Way or gaze out at Nubble Light, take a moment to look down. You may find yourself standing ...

If I had a quarter of a million rocks and unlimited time, I would_____.” How would you complete that sentence?

Beneath the dry farmland of New South Wales lies a hidden window into a lost rainforest teeming with life from 11-16 million ...

There's more behind the Grand Canyon's striped layers than meets the eye, and some of the best places to see them aren't from ...

Dinosaur eggs filled with giant crystals are found in China, revealing new clues about prehistoric development.

Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their ...

Most octopus bodies don't fossilize - but their rock-hard beaks survived long enough to reveal something extraordinary.

Thousands of slips in Tairāwhiti in January. The loss of eight lives in the Bay of Plenty later that month. And, days ago, ...

Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new ...