Scientists are sounding the alarm on a 'sleeping giant' off the coast of California, warning it could sink land in several ...

A new study warns that a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land to sink permanently.

Scientists learn to better understand the movement of Greenland, as it was slowly pushed over the hotspot that is now located under neighboring Iceland. Nothing stands still over geologic time, and ...

In response to the Trump administration’s executive order to strengthen domestic production of critical minerals, the U.S.

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Boise State University have found evidence suggesting that the ...

The next great earthquake isn't the only threat to the Pacific Northwest. A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea ...

In the 1930s, workers bored a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto. Here's a look inside the engineering feat that carries ...

Located in the tiny town of Belleview in the southeastern part of the Show-Me State, this 129-acre park features massive granite boulders that look like they were dropped from the sky by some giant ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

A preliminary magnitude 2.9 earthquake rattled the North Bay Wednesday afternoon. The quake’s epicenter was 2.4 miles east of ...

A preliminary 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck near Santa Rosa Wednesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological ...