Whether they're cracking open rocks or scanning tiny changes in topography, geologists already work in three dimensions. But one of the most popular attractions at the Geological Society of America's ...

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

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

Sometimes fossils are not what they seem. That is especially true of ones that have been in museums for a long time. A recently reported bit of research by a team of three scientists, from England, ...

Scientists discovered exceptionally preserved Ediacaran fossils in sandstone, revealing how soft-bodied organisms survived ...

The Quarry Trail (Q1, Q2) takes visitors through the bottom of the abandoned quarry. The rock walls surrounding the quarry bottom are composed of limestone. Limestone consists mainly of calcium ...

Scientists analyzing 443-million-year-old Scottish fossils have uncovered the early evidence that some of the first groups of ...

Geology has inspired everything from great science fiction television to Darwin's theory of evolution. In fact, the master of modern horror himself, H.P. Lovecraft, based some of his best stories on ...

Iowa State's MakerBot Replicator printing the Earth on Oct. 28 during the Geological Society of America meeting in Denver. Whether they're cracking open rocks or scanning tiny changes in topography, ...

Whether they're cracking open rocks or scanning tiny changes in topography, geologists already work in three dimensions. But one of the most popular attractions at the Geological Society of America's ...