The Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field has some of the largest rhyolite lava flows on Earth. Have you ever wondered what ...

At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was ...

Sphalerite is a very cool mineral. It is a beautiful, complex and diverse zinc sulfide (ZnS) mineral that also hosts a ...

Tracks found in early Carboniferous-period rocks in southeast Australia appear to be from an amniote, most likely a reptile.

Rock formations, sculpted by the relentless forces of nature, stand as some of the most awe-inspiring natural wonders on our ...

The US and China both pointed to progress after high-stakes trade talks over the weekend, with both sides building optimism of further deescalation from a tariff tit-for-tat that has roiled global ...

President Trump hailed progress in US trade talks with China, as meetings continued into Sunday. "A very good meeting today with China, in Switzerland. Many things discussed, much agreed to. A ...

(Black ballpoint pen for scale) How did it form? Mica schist is a metamorphic rock that formed through the intense heat and pressure generated when Africa and North America slammed together to create ...