In the summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and northern ...

In what the agency hopes will spur a major leap in American geoscience, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a new mapping tool that allows anyone to peer into the earth beneath their feet. Dubbed ...

Marble from Ambaji, Gujarat’s prominent pilgrimage site and Shaktipeeth, has been awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for its high-quality white stone, an official said on Friday (November 14 ...

(NEXSTAR) — An eruption of solar material and magnetic fields is impacting Earth, prompting one of the strongest geomagnetic storms of the year — and a chance at seeing the northern lights for many.

Fossils are rare because their formation and discovery depend on chains of ecological and geological events that occur over deep time. Only a small fraction of the primates that have ever lived has ...

Description of fossil shells by G.B. Sowerby, p. [171]-177. Description of six species of corals from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land by W. Lonsdale, p. 178-185. Descriptions of Tertiary ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ago, the ...