Most of us learned the same list in school: seven continents, give or take a geography teacher’s preference for merging ...

Joshua Doubek, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Few technical terms carry as much ambiguity or provoke as much confusion as ...

Kentucky's stunning day trips won't drain your sixty-five dollar budget. Explore breathtaking scenery and natural beauty at ...

April 17 (Reuters) - The Grand Canyon is a marvel on the landscape of North America, a breathtaking geological feature in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona presenting dramatic contours and richly ...

Grand Canyon National Park welcomes more than four million visitors per year. National Park Service The Grand Canyon is one of America’s most popular natural landmarks, attracting more than four ...

The continental collisions that created this narrow Mideast waterway endowed the region with its petrochemical riches—and created a chokepoint that can disrupt the global oil trade. The Strait of ...

If rocks could win beauty pageants, the Granite Dells would be wearing the crown and waving to its adoring fans. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this geological masterpiece looks like nature decided to ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is investigating strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars that may reveal a hidden chapter of the planet’s watery history. These “boxwork” formations likely formed when groundwater ...

The Rocky Mountain chain is a fascinating geologic formation, as it (at least, at first glance) defies some basic geological rules, including that most mountain ranges form subduction zones. A new ...

If not, you should! Geology has a way of messing with your mind, creating surreal shapes and pounding your perceptions. It may seem impossible, but there’s an explanation behind even the freakiest ...