Latest news

The first dinosaurs might have been bigger than expected

An ancient leg bone uncovered in Africa might provide a step forward in understanding how dinosaurs and their close relatives evolved. The 225-million-year-old fossil adds to growing...

Machine learning uncovers 10 times more earthquakes in Yellowstone caldera

Yellowstone, a popular tourist destination and namesake of an equally popular TV show, was the first-ever national park in the United States. And bubbling...

Myanmar earthquake’s fault rupture exceeded seismic wave speeds, offering rare evidence of supershear

The first studies of the 28 March 2025 magnitude 7.8 Myanmar earthquake suggest that the southern portion of its rupture occurred at supershear velocity,...

Dead Sea’s salt giants reveal how massive salt deposits form over time

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's surface, with one of the world's highest salinities. The high...

Japan’s first western ichthyosaur discovered during educational museum event

A vertebrate fossil discovered in a rock from the Late Triassic period (approximately 220 million years ago) in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been...

Study finds link between Grand Canyon landslide and Meteor Crater impact

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus...