Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their ...

Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their formation. This makes them ...

Highly detailed fossils are typically found in shale or other fine-grained sedimentary rocks. These ones? They’re made of iron.

Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

In his laboratory at the University of Poitiers in France, Abderrazak El Albani contemplates the rock glittering in his hands ...

Sinkholes form when specific types of rock dissolve beneath the ground, but their collapse can be triggered by earthquakes and heavy rain. What are they and how do you know where they form?

Scientists reclassified a long-misunderstood fossil from Brazil as a new genus, Franscinella riograndensis. Using advanced microscopy, they discovered spores preserved in situ—a rare find that links ...

If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and ...

Menu Local Geology History, Resources, and Facilities Geologic History of Southwestern Ohio At the Limper Geology Museum, you will be able to explore a large collection of local rock, mineral, and ...

Ancient ocean grains show Earth’s carbon levels were far lower than expected during key evolutionary eras. The results challenge old theories of life’s rise and hint at patterns that could shape our ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...