An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

For more than half a billion years, a giant magnetic anomaly buried in Earth’s ancient rocks has puzzled scientists. The ...

Dramatic body cam video shows a terrified boy was being held by the throat when his knife-wielding captor was killed by a deputy, the Florida investigators say. The rescue happened around 2 p.m.

A strong earthquake killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another ...

A fresh analysis of rocks from one of these periods, the Ediacaran (about 630-540 million years ago), aims to solve a ...

The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history.

For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

A careful analysis of the complex boundary where four tectonic plates meet reveals that one of the slabs is tearing itself ...

Local emergency agencies say they are monitoring the seismic activity but have not issued any tsunami warnings.

This shift in Earth’s tectonic tempo had profound implications above ground. With less volcanic carbon dioxide heating the ...

The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today.

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...