The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

Whether you're an avid rock collector or simply interested in the world around you — this new tool is designed to make ...

Deep beneath the North Sea, researchers have mapped giant buried mounds and "sinkites" that turn a basic rule of geology on its head.

The rock layers surrounding Natrona County’s Alcova Reservoir are not only breathtaking to see; they also are windows to a portion of Earth’s history. Stephen Whitaker, a senior petroleum geologist ...

Lake Tahoe served as both a classroom and a time machine for Western Nevada College geology students recently, as Dr. Winnie ...

Deep beneath the choppy waters of the North Sea, something strange is challenging the very rules that have guided geologists for over three centuries. Using high-resolution seismic imaging and ...

I love the Grand Canyon, both personally (because of all the good memories I have of my adventures there), and as a scientist. I first saw it in the early summer of 1981 when I went on a six-week-long ...

If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and ...

What kid hasn’t had some sort of rock collection? Discovering hidden gems is always a treat. Western Colorado is perfect for exploring geology with your kids. Look around — there is evidence of eons ...

It’s an abnormally hot day in September and I’m standing in a cattail marsh in eastern Wisconsin, trying to change the way my students view the world. They’re all distracted—by the heat, homesickness, ...