Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Cemeteries not only provide a peaceful place to contemplate and commemorate the dead. They are also great places for studying ...

Oregon’s state geologist is pitching a novel idea of using the region’s rocky basalt layer – born of lava that flowed ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

The Imperial Valley has been recognized as one of the most unique places for geological study. It may not seem like much to ...

Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

And yet, like many other urban centres, the city fights to retain its cultural and natural heritage, including its geology, ...

The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that ...

Since soon after our planet formed, Earth's 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something dramatic happened about 500 ...

This rock hunting grandad spent the past 30 years perfecting a geologically and geographically correct map of Scotland.

Liquid-filled rocks form when minerals trap fluids, but depending on their composition they can either be classed as enhydros, enhydro agates, or fluid inclusions. An enhydro is a hollow nodule that ...