In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are ...

There’s something magical about a town that has its own 576-foot tall rock sitting in the ocean like nature’s exclamation point. Welcome to Morro Bay, the Central Coast’s answer to the question, ...

People have lived in Big Sky Country for a little more than 10,000 years. But living things creeped and crawled and swam ...

Environmental organizations have described the provisions as paving the way for corporations to restrict 200 million acres of ...

Federal officials are considering reopening vast areas of public lands in Wyoming and Montana to new coal sales ...

United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) says it has been reacquiring mining claims next to its existing smelting operations in Montana since earlier this year, and is now ready to reboot mine ...

It spurred an explosive migration to California and is yearned for as a piece of jewelry part of people's collection. Turns out, Utah has gold.

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

Montana's mining history is about as vast as its rugged landscapes. Armed with picks and some pretty high hopes, settlers ...

Idaho’s two Republican senators, Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, are positioned on the ragged edge of one of the top issues in ...

Europe's record numbers of visitors also made it ground zero for concerns about overtourism. Last year, 747 million ...