On a remote rocky outcropping in northern Canada, scientists have found further confirmation that the area hosts some of the world’s oldest rocks (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.ads8461). The ...

One exposed outcrop of the formation, found on Scottish islands called the Garvellachs, is unique as it shows the transition into "snowball Earth" from a previously warm, tropical environment. Other ...

The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil. So geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos was startled to find an ...

In a video from April, two men appear to be pushing large red rocks — estimated to be over 100 million years old — over the edge of a cliff at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. By Johnny ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. With its greenish-brownish color, Erg Chech 002 (EC 002) might ...

The Devils Tower rock formation in Wyoming is made of a rare type of rock eroded over millions of years, not the remains of an ancient tree stump, as social media users are suggesting anew. Reuters ...

Videos and still images shared to social media authentically showed Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological feature located on an island in Iceland. For years, social media users have shared ...

The study found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1 km thick, was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago during the Sturtian glaciation -- the first of ...