North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, which slithers along the border of Idaho and Oregon, is a surprisingly new ...

Louisiana's best-kept secret sits in Kisatchie National Forest. Wolf Rock Cave is our state's only cave, with prehistoric artifacts and Civil War legends.

For decades, geologists have hypothesized that Yosemite Valley was shaped by a combination of natural forces, including tectonic uplift, water erosion, and glaciation. However, a ...

Rising like red-hued skyscrapers in the Sierra Nevada, the towering sequoias here echo the giants in Yosemite, right in a charming Gold Rush town.

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There has always been controversy over the stratigraphic relationships between the various formations of the Liaohe Group and the tectonic evolution of the JLJB. Methods: Field investigations, ...

During their excavations, the team uncovered evidence of cist burials—hollows cut into the rock, sometimes covered ... regarding its burial customs and ancient landscape. Researchers note ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne.

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helping them distinguish the elusive ancient rocks from the surrounding terrain. Geologist and postdoctoral fellow Wriju Chowdhury examines the Acasta Gneiss formation Michael Ackerson “These ...

This distinctive rock formation off the Sapphire Coast near Bermagui not only resembles the neck of a graceful pony but is also historically significant – at more than 500 million years old, it’s one ...