Two large rock formations located beneath the Pacific Ocean and Africa may have the potential to disturb Earth’s magnetic field, according to new research. These formations appear to have ...

Nature doesn’t follow blueprints, and sometimes the result is strange enough to stop you in your tracks. Around the world, ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

Fountain Formation created slew of Front Range landmarks. The sedimentary rock that eroded from the early Rocky Mountains was deposited in large alluvial fans, and that layer of rock is now called ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

Researchers visited several rock formations in Battambang Province in March 2024 to survey wildlife, according to a study published Jan. 14 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

In a video from April, two men appear to be pushing large red rocks — estimated to be over 100 million years old — over the edge of a cliff at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada.

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks ...