Just as geology created the conditions for human habitation in the Fertile Crescent, those same tectonic movements created the stage for today’s hydrocarbon-based conflicts.

Pennsylvania hides an underground river that continues far beyond what anyone has mapped, shrouded in mystery.

Sixty-two-years ago, during my senior year at the University of California, Santa Barbara, I took a marine geology course that quite honestly changed my life. I still have the textbook that I used, ...

Fort Rock State Natural Area near Fort Rock, Oregon, is exactly that kind of place, a geological marvel so spectacular that ...

Descend into a cool canyon in southern Illinois where sandstone cliffs, mossy boulders, and a seasonal waterfall make this ...

Visit the Waterfall Capital of the World to see the 22-metre Felker’s Falls. Discover significant rock formations and more at ...

After living in different places, I am back home and reacquainting myself with Ohio’s intriguing geology and nature. In this space, I will write about some of Ohio’s sites and sights of geologic ...

Democracy is alive and well in Arkansas' River Valley. If four elections in two months have left any eager voter in Franklin, ...

As Wichita Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Holly Mulcahy and composer Daniel Perttu began to collaborate on a violin concerto for her, she recalled a recording she had of an eagle’s cry she heard ...

Between 720 million and 635 million years ago, Earth may have experienced one of ...

Spring break was once a travel ritual associated with college students, but today it’s a vacation period for many more – ...

There’s something profoundly different about the desert when the sun goes down and the moon takes center stage. Red Rock State Park in Sedona proves this point spectacularly with moonlight hikes that ...