Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

Check out these top climbing spots around the world. As a global hub for climbers, Yosemite (below) has to be on the list. It ...

CaveCreek4.jpg Penelope Donahue points out fossils in the limestone of the opening of Cave Creek Cave while on a June 8 hike in Santa Fe National Forest. The limestone, which is around 300 million ...

Cwm Nash is also quieter than other Welsh beaches. There's no car park at the beach, and it's only accessible by parking in a ...

Nature doesn’t follow blueprints, and sometimes the result is strange enough to stop you in your tracks. Around the world, ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

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

Cwm Nash is also quieter than other Welsh beaches. There's no car park at the beach, and it's only accessible by parking in a ...

The Weis Earth Science Museum is expected to move to downtown Appleton this fall. It opened in Menasha in 2001.

Arch Rock on Mackinac Island Arch Rock is the most famous rock formation on Mackinac Island. The limestone rock forms an arch that is more than 50 feet wide.

The rocks that form the park were produced from sediments deposited when this area was submerged by an ancient ocean. According to the Park Service’s timeline, the prehistoric seas deposited layers of ...

But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on the menu. Whether or not this mysterious form of life still exists or went extinct eons ago is, however, yet unknown.