Oregon’s state geologist is pitching a novel idea of using the region’s rocky basalt layer – born of lava that flowed ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

Many specimens were found with feathers and fur intact, which would have been destroyed by volcanic activity. Instead, ...

Aquatic organisms usually end up being buried in fine mud and silt, which are more likely to preserve delicate structures ...

Discover the beauty of Oregon's national parks. From Crater Lake to historic trails and monuments, explore the diverse ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

A groundbreaking study has challenged the long-held belief that China's remarkably preserved dinosaur fossils were created by ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

For more than 20 years, the Yixian Formation has produced exceptionally preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs, but a new ...

The United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP), a yearly climate change conference where world leaders convene to discuss ...

Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar to the Mount Vesuvius that covered the city of Pompeii 2,000 years ago.