A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 ...

Archaeologists working near Temple Mount in Jerusalem were exploring a pile of earth from an ancient drainage canal. They ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along ...

America’s geological wonders don’t need erupting volcanoes to create breathtaking spectacles that look straight out of a ...

Far from boring, this period saw the reorganization of deep Earth in manners that prepared the way for life to grow complex.

For years, scientists thought Antarctica was the main source of meltwater that flooded the planet's oceans after the last ice age. But new research has flipped that story, and it has major ...

The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history.

The Midcontinent Rift in North America may be able to produce enough natural hydrogen to produce a near-limitless amount of ...

Scientists reveal that an asteroid impact in Finland created a long-lasting habitat where microbes thrived millions of years ...

Fossil evidence confirms that a gigantic reptile, similar to the modern Komodo Dragon, lived four million years ago near ...