Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Hidden among Winter Garden’s charming historic district sits Matthew’s Steakhouse, a culinary gem that’s somehow managed to ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the director of a government innovation program said Thursday.

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

A critically endangered fox, called "one of the rarest mammals in the world," was recently caught on camera by a Northern ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

Part of the issue was the lack of zircon, the hardy mineral often used for dating ancient rocks ... Researchers believe the site was once ancient oceanic crust, transformed under immense heat and ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

Researchers have discovered an unusual plume of magma beneath Oman that may have changed the course of the Indian tectonic ...