Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “These rocks record a time when Earth was covered in ice,” study co-author and University College London geologist Graham Shields ...

Geologists have identified evidence of an earthquake in the Dead Sea region that appears to correspond with the historical timeframe of Jesus’ crucifixion, possibly offering the first geological ...

Understanding the origins of the Ring of Fire, the most seismically active place on Earth, is famously difficult as geologic evidence is destroyed in the process. Now a new study suggests that ...

The western U.S. is a geologists' dream, home to the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, active volcanoes and striking sandstone arches. But one landform simply doesn't make sense. Rivers normally flow ...

A satellite image of Gosses Bluff Crater located near the centre of Australia. The 22-km wide crater is believed to have been created by an impact around 142 million years ago. Geological evidence ...

A new geological study reshapes the timeline of a major tectonic collision that helped form the Andes, suggesting key events ...

Geologists have solved the mystery of the disappearance from the geological record, millions of years ago, of one of North ...