The United States Geological Survey has released a mobile-friendly interactive geological map of the lower 48 states and it's ...

A new paper published in Biological Reviews has revealed the potential of desert ecosystems in the global fight against ...

Even long-lived subduction zones eventually die, and scientists believe they are witnessing the slow death of one in the northern end of the Cascadia subduction zone.

Dozens of earthquakes struck near Japan on Monday following a cluster of seismic activity that rocked the area over the ...

Mount Everest stands 8,849 metres tall and continues to grow by a few millimetres each year. A study conducted in the 1980s ...

Ancient Volcanic Foundations Created The Raw Material Yosemite looked very different one hundred million years ago. Towering ...

Tomorrow, President Trump will host the leaders of Central Asia in Washington for a U.S.–Central Asia summit. One of the most ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

Big Island farmers want the state to tackle the Queensland longhorn beetle before it spreads to the rest of the state and ...

Pakistan is the world's fifth-largest nation, home to over 240 million people – a vast consumer base, a growing urban middle ...