A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Great Falls on Thursday, briefly rattling residents and raising questions about why earthquakes occur in the region.

The Chocolate Hills are 1,776 mounds on Bohol Island in the Philippines where grassy cover turns brown during the dry season.

The Aravallis, one of the world’s oldest mountain ranges, faces a threat as mining lobbies push for expansion. Local communities are caught in the battle to protect these ancient hills, their ...

Critical minerals in the state include antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, cesium, fluorspar, graphite, lithium, manganese, ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Hundreds of miles from Denmark's coast a project is underway to inject CO2 into an old oil field.

Do U.S. energy or mineral companies really want to dive into Greenland to produce oil or rare earths? Here are the answers ...

After the fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, attention has focused on recent tree removal from Mauao. But landslides rarely ...

While most Indian rivers rush east, the Narmada quietly moves west, shaped by ancient geology, sustaining farms, faith, and ...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang." ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...