Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, ...

American refiners are relying on oil supplies from the country’s biggest shale basins more than ever as flows of denser ...

US shale executives expect to drill significantly fewer wells this year than planned at the start of 2025, as lower oil ...

Rock formations called “hoodoos” fill the Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northern New Mexico. The desert area is rich with fossils from dinosaurs and animals that lived here in ancient times.

Tucked away in Huntingdon County, Trough Creek State Park showcases rock formations so uniquely spectacular that geologists get misty-eyed just thinking about them, yet somehow this 541-acre ...

The net change in the U.S. horizontal rig count is seven rigs—1% —fewer than at year-end 2024, a Hart Energy analysis shows.

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

This surreal wilderness area has served as a filming location. Despite a name few have ever heard, it may be America's most beautiful destination.

Elevated scintillometer readings and visible mineralization observed in multiple black shale and carbonate horizons.