Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.

Ask people how Stonehenge was built and you’ll hear stories of sledges, ropes, boats and sheer human determination to haul stones from across Britain to Salisbury Plain, in south-west England. Others ...

A new study shows the monument’s most exotic stones did not arrive by chance but were instead deliberately selected and ...

Tucked along the banks of the Snake River in southern Idaho, Hagerman is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you’ve been rushing through life when this serene alternative exists just a short ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to ...

When both minerals form, they trap small amounts of radioactive uranium – which, at a known rate, will decay into lead. By ...

A temblor occurred early Tuesday about 36 miles northwest of Springfield. “A magnitude 3.8 is a small earthquake," a USGS ...

Tiny crystals preserved in ancient beach sands are offering scientists a new way to read the deep history of Australia’s landscapes.

Curtin University researchers have demonstrated a new way to uncover the ancient history of Australia's landscapes, which ...

Australia's iconic red landscapes have been home to Aboriginal culture and recorded in songlines for tens of thousands of ...

SYDNEY, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Researchers unveil a new "cosmic clock" method to unlock Australia's ancient landscape history, revealing geological, climate and tectonic impacts on environments, and ...

Australia’s iconic red landscapes have been home to Aboriginal culture and recorded in songlines for tens of thousands of ...