Whether they're cracking open rocks or scanning tiny changes in topography, geologists already work in three dimensions. But one of the most popular attractions at the Geological Society of America's ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

Our planet is several billion years old—a number so vast it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend. In all that time, ...

During construction work at the Colorado Mesa University geo-exchange, Shaw Construction workers found something unusual: ...

The Quarry Trail (Q1, Q2) takes visitors through the bottom of the abandoned quarry. The rock walls surrounding the quarry bottom are composed of limestone. Limestone consists mainly of calcium ...

Somewhere between Earth's creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any oxygen. While researchers proclaim the first half of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ichthyosaurs swam the world's oceans at the same time that dinosaurs ruled the land. A fossil of the dolphin-like seagoing reptile ...

It is not every day you get to walk through an Ohio park knowing the ground beneath your feet was once part of an ancient sea ...

Deepwater rock wrinkles likely formed from chemosynthetic microbes, not just physical processes, reshaping assumptions about ...

Iowa State's MakerBot Replicator printing the Earth on Oct. 28 during the Geological Society of America meeting in Denver. Whether they're cracking open rocks or scanning tiny changes in topography, ...