On a quiet stretch of Mendocino County roadway, a single boulder pulled from a roadside cut has forced archaeologists to ...

Construction at a high school uncovered millions of fossils dating back nearly 9 million years. The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery ...

The geometric structure of rocks where earthquakes occur could play a key role in determining their location and strength, researchers have found. A study, carried out by geologists at Brown ...

Eastern California is the perhaps the best place in the country to learn geology. The deserts beyond the Sierra Nevada host glacial features, volcanoes and rivers. Beautiful stratigraphic layers are ...

The earthquakes have struck up and down the California coast.

Once upon a time, when roads were less crowded and freeways filled the need for speed, people often stopped their cars at roadsides to look around. That was decades ago, and many California drivers — ...

A series of earthquakes struck northwestern Mexico early Sunday, rattling portions of the San Diego area across the border, according to officials. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said there was a ...

California's geographical diversity is by far its greatest asset. It's rare that in one state you can hit up the beach, hike mountains, explore dense forests and wander through the desert. But in ...