Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Neanderthals repeatedly deposited horned animal skulls in a Spanish cave over thousands of years, suggesting a culturally transmitted ritual ...

Greenland, the largest island on Earth, possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources anywhere in the world.Author Jonathan Paul ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Our 24-hour day measures Earth’s rotation relative to the Sun, known as a solar day. This is slightly longer than Earth’s ...

Dinosaur eggshells, once treated as background scenery in fossil digs, have turned out to be some of the most precise ...

There’s a cave in Spain that seems to have held some sort of ritual significance to Neanderthals, though researchers have no ...

Hidden in the verdant embrace of north-central Massachusetts lies a cascading marvel that somehow remains off the radar of most travel guides and Instagram feeds. Doane’s Falls in Royalston isn’t just ...

Located just about 30 miles east of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, this geological wonderland somehow remains one of the ...

A coastal trail exploring the history of some of western Europe's oldest rocks has been proposed for a Wester Ross village. Gairloch's geology includes Lewisian gneiss and Torridonian sandstone, rocks ...

The Aravalli Hills may appear low and worn today, but they represent one of the oldest surviving mountain systems on Earth.