A paleontologist cleans a fossilized bird cranium at Peru’s National History Museum in Lima, Friday, Photo: Martin Mejia, Associated Press F...
A Giant Mammoth Graveyard Was Just Discovered Outside Mexico City
The position of the bones suggests to scientists that the mammoth may have been partially cut up by a human group. Archaeologists in hard ...
Fault Near Portland Could Unleash a Major Earthquake
New evidence for geologically recent earthquakes near Portland, Oregon metro area A fault near Portland, Oregon, has the capacity to cau...
Long-Lost Tectonic Plate Discovered Hundreds of Miles Below Canada
A 3D block diagram across North America showing a mantle tomography image reveals the Slab Unfolding method used to flatten the Farallon tec...
Geologists Solve Crucial Mystery Surrounding The Deposits of Rare Earth Elements
A handful of europium. Credit: Alchemist-hp, CC BY-SA An international team of scientists has helped to unravel a longstanding mystery abo...
Seismic Study Proves Rain Really Can Move Mountains
Painted Desert Arizona A pioneering technique which captures precisely how mountains bend to the will of raindrops has helped to solve a l...
Turning Diamond Into Metal
Long known as the hardest of all natural materials, diamonds are also exceptional thermal conductors and electrical insulators. Now, res...
800 Years Ago, Old Faithful Went Quiet. Soon, It Might Happen Again
Old Faithful Geyser next to the Old Faithful Inn, illustrating how high the eruptions can reach. Photo: Jeff Vanuga Old Faithful, the fame...
What Lies Beneath a Volcano?
The complex plumbing system beneath volcanoes has been revealed in the clearest detail ever, marking a "major step forward" in o...
Earth Grows Fine Gemstones in Minutes
Tanzanite crystal. photo: Collector's Edge Minerals Rome wasn't built in a day, but some of Earth's finest gemstones were, acc...
New Insights Into the Origin of Diamonds in Meteorites
Scientists have offered new insights into the origin of diamonds in ureilites (a group of stony meteorites). These diamonds most likely ...
Arkansas Man Finds 9-carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park
Kevin Kinard was visiting Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park when he discovered a 9.07 carat diamond. A bank manager discovered a...
3,000-pound Triceratops Skull Named 'Shady' Excavated in South Dakota
Researchers unearth triceratops skull in South Dakota(Westminster College) A 7-foot-long, 3,000-pound triceratops skull dubbed "Shady&q...
Gold Miners Discover 100 Million-year-old Meteorite Crater Down Under
The newly discovered crater is thought to be five times bigger than Wolfe Creek Crater (pictured), one of the largest meteorite craters in t...