Dramatic rock formations that look like they belong in Utah or Arizona? Not typically on the Indiana tourism bingo card. Yet there it stands—a 60-foot tall sandstone formation that bears an uncanny ...

So when some apparently biological carbon was dated to at least 3.95 billion years ago —making it the oldest remains of life ...

Settlers in the Valley also saw the rock deposit as a source of building material, with basalt quarried from Cowiche Canyon ...

From ancient geological wonders to mystical caves and cliffside trails, Shillong hides some of the most unique rock ...

The three main types of rocks Rocks are usually grouped into three broad types based on how they’re formed: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

Fire officials perform a recovery mission in Colorado. A person has died after falling 150 feet to the ground from a steep rock formation in Colorado, authorities said. On Thursday, July 24, the ...

Previous studies have identified extensive Early Cretaceous mafic igneous rock formations in the eastern region of the Tethys Himalayan belt, particularly in areas such as Comei, Cona, and Longzi.

A federal court in Brazil has blocked the start of planned explosions along a 35-kilometer (22-mile) rock formation called Pedral do Lourenço in the Tocantins River, pausing a major ...

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.

Discover the ancient geological formations in Gettysburg where massive boulders create a natural labyrinth that witnessed pivotal moments in Pennsylvania's Civil War history.

A new dinosaur species unearthed from the famed Morrison Formation in Colorado has been identified, according to a journal article published last week in London.

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...