Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

The formation of Heart Mountain near Cody is a story of a block of rock the size of Rhode Island moving at 700 mph, an ...

The Weis Earth Science Museum is open until May 31 in its current location. It's set to move to the History Museum at the Castle over the summer.

Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.

Fossils from Earth’s biggest extinction reveal forest collapse triggered runaway warming - offering a warning for today’s ...

Volcanic eruptions at Earth's surface have significant consequences. Smaller ones can scare tourists on Mount Etna or disrupt ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

The Earth's geologic history has changed dramatically through the years. "This sort of thing is important if we want to understand how a planet has evolved over a long time," Becker said.

This first-ever discovery could rewrite Earth’s geologic history. Geologists Accidentally Found a Ghost Plume Rising From Earth’s Mantle Skip to main content ...