UT Austin scientists found that the fossil millipede Kampecaris obanensis was 425 million years old. Credit: British Geological Survey ...
Largest Land-Dwelling “Bug” of All Time
A life size model of a giant millipede, Arthropleura The giant extinct invertebrate Arthropleura resembled some modern millipedes, but...
Hawaiian Volcano Puhahonu is Earth’s Biggest and Hottest Shield Volcano
Gardner Pinnacles. Image credit: Andy Collins, NOAA. With two barren peaks that rise only about 170 feet above sea level, the now ext...
New Clues to Deep Earthquake Mystery
Subduction zones occur where one tectonic plate dives under another. A new understanding of our planet's deepest earthquakes cou...
Rare, Mysterious Diamond Found in West Virginia
Jones diamond, photographed at Rich Creek Bank in Peterstown, 1968 Diamonds don't exist naturally in West Virginia, yet one of t...
Thunderegg: Ordinary Rocks With Crystal Surprise Inside!
Thunderegg: Ordinary Rocks With Crystal Surprise Inside! . Credit: Bill The Eggman A thunderegg (or thunder egg) is a nodule-like ...
Giant Tectonic Plate Under Indian Ocean is Breaking in Two
This map shows the seafloor topography and deformation below it at a fracture in the Wharton Basin. This fracture likely formed when the ...
Dumortierite Quartz: Rare Blue Quartz
Dumortierite in quartz From Brazil. Photo: GalaxSea. Dumortierite quartz is blue colored quartz containing abundant dumortierite inc...
Fossils of 10m-long Dinosaur Found in Argentina
Photo: Raffaele Sergi Paleontologists from the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences said on Monday they found the 70-million-year-ol...
Pineapple Quartz
Pineapple Quartz from Madagascar. Photo: Ancient Mountain Treasures/ Instagram Pineapple Quartz is the name given to a silicon dioxid...
First Animal 'Buckyballs' Discovered in 80-million-year-old Sea Lillies
Uintacrinus socialis from the Niobrara Formation, Kansas, United States. Image credit: James St. John / CC BY 2.0. Scientists from Th...
Electric-blue Veszelyite Crystals
Electric-blue Veszelyite Crystals. Credit: Christian Rewitzer Veszelyite A rare secondary Cu-Zn mineral occurring in the oxidised zones of ...
New Lake Larger Than 5 Football Fields Forms in Hawaiian Volcano
Image: Joshua Stevens (NASA Earth Observatory) NASA has released images that document the growth of a water lake inside a huge crater...
Fascinating Utahite with Xocolatlite Crystals
Photo: Joy Desor Mineralanalytik Intense blue utahite groups on baryte with minor dagenaisite and red xocolatlite. Associated with xocolat...
Hundreds of Towering Hydrothermal Chimneys Discovered on Seafloor Off Washington
At the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) northwest of Washington State, the seafloor is rip...
Conichalcite And Olivenite on Matrix
Conichalcite And Olivenite on Matrix. Photo Credit: DPJ Minéraux Conichalcite , CaCu, is a relatively common arsenate mineral related to...
Rare Blue Skarn
Blue diopsidite skarn. Photo: James St. John Skarns are hard, coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by a process called metasom...
Salammoniac Crystals
Photo: Minerat/e-rocks Salammoniac, also sal ammoniac or salmiac, is a rare naturally occurring mineral composed of ammonium chloride, NH₄...
'Gargantuan' Hail in Argentina May Have Smashed World Record
A gargantuan hailstone that fell in Argentina may have set a world record, according to researchers. Credit: Victoria Druetta Once up...
Sahara was Earth’s Most Dangerous Place 100 Million Years Ago
The giant predatory dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus eyes a group of Elosuchus — crocodile-like hunters — near a carcass. Image credit: David...