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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Explore unbelievable places in Idaho that feel almost unreal from crystal clear lakes to dramatic mountains and breathtaking ...

In the 20th century, scientists began to suspect Earth was a lot older than we thought. It was our old friends/deadly foes, uranium and lead, that provided the first evidence.

One fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments typically pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on their ...

About a 40-minute drive from Milwaukee, there's a show that will dazzle you whether you're a rock lover or not. It's the Rock, Mineral, Gem and Earth Science Show, happening ...

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

Cabin Canyon Trail, Garden of the Gods With the traffic along the road running through the park and the picture-taking tourists scattered throughout, it can be hard to find the wild side of Garden of ...

Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...