Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Copper assays up to 8.17% Cu and up to 1.57% Zn from the C-5 footwall zone to the past-producing Restigouche massive sulphide ...

“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

A fossil plant smaller than a fingernail, collected more than a century ago from a Scottish rock bed, is reshaping the story ...

Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state ...

Rocks, boulders, bluffs and crags abound during a hike along the 1.5-mile Shaddox Hollow Trail at Hobbs State ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Today, rock wallabies are seen as secretive cliff-dwellers that rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But ...

Tucked away in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas lies a natural sanctuary so captivating it feels like stepping into ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

We must reject the argument that climate protection is a burden on the economy, says energy expert Hans-Josef Fell.