The energy companies from countries such as Qatar and India have already shown interest in participation in the exploration ...

The Gulf of Mexico covered the gently sloped sand hills of lower Arkansas until about 50 million years ago. The Ouachita orogeny--the collision that pushed up what we know, in eroded form, as the ...

Also Announces Plans to Add RC Rig to Target Shallower Higher Grade Opportunities at Tolita Including at High Grade Trench ...

To understand how global warming could influence future climate, scientists look to the Paleogene Period that began 66 ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Our planet has a memory. Deep within ice cores and ocean sediments lies evidence of a time when Earth looked fundamentally ...

A detail from The Trek Through Time, a 16-plaque diorama at the U.S. Geological Survey’s headquarters in Reston, Va. This ...

Re “The Early Decision Option Is a Racket. Shut It Down,” by Daniel Currell (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 12): As a college counselor of 13 years and a formerly impoverished, first-generation college ...

An urban geologist goes to downtown Seattle and finds a rangeof rocks rivaling any assembled by plate tectonics.

As the countdown to midnight begins, some of the nation’s biggest retailers are also winding down the workday early. Shoppers hoping to squeeze in last-minute purchases will need to plan ahead as ...