Recent scientific discoveries suggest that Earth was once home to enormous trees, dwarfing today’s tallest redwoods. These ...

Stanford scientists reveal that meandering rivers existed long before plants stabilized their banks, challenging a central ...

Clues to our planet’s dramatic past are in the layers of rocks we might overlook. A great guide shows why they deserve our ...

Scientists have uncovered new signs of a mysterious structure buried deep inside Earth’s inner core, pointing to the possibility of a fifth distinct layer within the planet. The discovery, detailed in ...

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.

Earth's core is leaking gold.Scientists at the University of Göttingen in Germany have recently been studying the geology of ancient rocks in Hawai'i that were formed of lava that erupted from a ...

"Heat at the base of a continent can weaken and remove part of its dense root, making the continent lighter and more buoyant, ...

Scientists long wondered whether there were places on Earth where extremely hot material from the core of the Earth moves up through the mantle, and if these plumes were responsible for some volcanic ...

Mount Roraima is a flat-topped formation with crystal-clear pools, waterfalls and a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the surrounding savanna for millions of years.