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“Lost Continent” Rises Again With New Expedition
Zealandia sank beneath ocean tens of millions of years ago, but scientists are pulling up remnants of it to study how it used to be
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Follow This Rainbow Tunnel to the World’s Largest Collection of Fluorescent Rocks
Get glowing in the Sterling Hill Mining Museum
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Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea
Since 2015, the Maritime Archaeological Project expedition has uncovered 60 wrecks, covering 2,500 years of maritime history
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How Mexico City’s Unique Geology Makes Deadly Earthquakes Even Worse
The entire country—but especially the capital—has all the ingredients for seismic catastrophe
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Taiwan’s Yehliu Geopark Is Like Disneyland for Rock Lovers
These mushroom-like mounds are some of the country’s greatest geological treasures
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Will Supervolcanoes Help Power Our Future?
Vast new deposits of lithium could change the global politics of battery production—if we can get at them
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Big Data (and You) Could Help Find 1,500 Undiscovered Minerals
Researchers are using new tools to predict where to find new minerals as well as to locate new sources of valuable resources like copper
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Water May Lurk Beneath the Moon’s Surface
The surprising abundance of water could help future lunar settlers survive in the barren landscape
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Apollo 11 Moon Rock Bag Sells for $1.8 Million in Controversial Auction
NASA waged an unsuccessful legal battle to retrieve the bag, which contains traces of lunar dust, from a private collection
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What Are All The Ways That Land Can Disappear Beneath Your Feet?
From sinkholes to liquefaction, we look at how solid earth can shrink and elude our grasp
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There’s a New Island Off the Coast of North Carolina
“Shelly Island” is a mile long and 300 yards wide, but it’s hard to say how long it’ll be around
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Fossils From Ancient Hot Springs Suggest Life May Have Evolved on Land
These 3.5-billion-year-old rocks could vindicate Darwin’s claim that life evolved in “some warm little pond,” and not in the ocean
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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Helps Unravel the Inner Workings of Glaciers
A new study maps the path of the water that feeds the falls and explores how water can exist under the ice
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Remarkable New Evidence for Human Activity in North America 130,000 Years Ago
Researchers say prehistoric mastodon bones bear human-made markings
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Where to See Five of the Planet’s Most Mysterious Geoglyphs
From California to Kazakhstan, these aerial-view anomalies offer a glimpse into the past
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Largest-Known Dinosaur Footprint Discovered in Western Australia
The print was among twenty-one types left behind 130 million years ago
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This Magnetic Map Shows Earth as You’ve Never Seen It Before
Behold a new, super high-res view of Earth’s magnetic field
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High-Pressure Pockets Cause Fiery Blast at Mount Etna
Ten people were injured in the surprise blast
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Shimmy Through the World’s Most Spectacular Slot Canyons
Where to explore the best of these narrow, water-worn passageways
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Malta’s Iconic Azure Window Crumbles Into the Sea
The limestone arch on the island of Gozo was expected to stand several more decades, but a vicious storm Wednesday took out the natural wonder
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