In 1896, a portion of the hot springs was transferred to the state of Wyoming through a treaty with the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes, with the condition that a portion of the springs would remain free ...

Deep within the unforgiving expanse of the California Desert lies Death Valley, home to one of the world's greatest enduring geological mysteries: the famous Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa. For ...

A light, 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Central California on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle moments before boarding the airborne science aircraft at ...

NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle moments before boarding the airborne science aircraft at ...

USGS has unveiled its most detailed national geologic map, giving the public a free, interactive way to explore underground ...

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

Though the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone often dominate the national-park hype, Bryce Canyon National Park has quietly earned ...

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is proud to announce the release of Geysers: What They Are and How They Work, Third ...