A derrickman guides pipes into a block while drilling a direct lithium extraction test well on Nov. 11, 2025, in Franklin County. Angela Piazza / Staff Photographer FRANKLIN COUNTY – Inside his office ...

Limestone rocks found high on the mountain contain remains of marine organisms that once lived in the ancient Tethys Sea.

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

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

An illustration of a trout eating in a stream In the early hours of the geologic time clock, spanning millions of years, the earth was covered with a gaseous atmosphere and warm shallow seas ...

Here’s a geography quiz for you: which Minnesota city is actually an island? If you didn’t answer Winona, don’t feel bad, ...

Walking through the Masungi Georeserve feels like stepping into the lungs of Luzon. The air becomes cooler, heavier with the scent of damp earth and life.

National parks are breathtaking, but they can overshadow other parks across the country. Here are 50 scenic parks to add to ...

NorthWest Copper Corp. ('NorthWest” or the 'Company”) (TSX-V: NWST) is pleased to announce an updated mineral resource ...

Every so often, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognizes special locations as ...

Scientists have identified the world’s oldest rock art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Sulawesi—using uranium-series dating ...

Mysterious parallel microtunnels discovered in rock defy geology and could be the work of unknown microscopic ancient life.