A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

When I first touched down in Reykjavík, I braced myself for two weeks filled with dayhiking and sleepless nights watching the Northern Lights ...

California has no shortage of geological marvels, many tucked within one of the state’s national parks. But to view a fossilized, dry waterfall formed hundreds of thousands of years ago from an ...

A volcanic eruption in Africa has sent a massive ash plume towards the Middle East, marking the first such event in approximately 10,000 years.

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

Researchers have found Saturn’s moon Enceladus has heat circulating beneath its icy crust, meaning the chemistry of biology ...

Deep in southeastern Iran, a remote volcanic massif that most of the world had never heard of is suddenly demanding attention. After roughly 700,000 years without a known eruption, Mount Taftan is ...

While traveling with kids can be a logistical challenge, it's totally worth it: there's nothing quite as magical as seeing ...

Those giant bags of generic vegetables weren't just budget food but secret weapons in a daily battle to keep the family fed.

Io, moon of Jespiter Jupiter, is famously volcanically active. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, over an area the size of Asia. Some of the volcanic mountains are taller than Mount Everest. The ...

Discover the hidden gems of Idaho's national parks: from archaeological sites to volcanic parks, there's something for every ...

Hickory Run State Park in White Haven, Pennsylvania, is that kind of jaw-dropping natural masterpiece. Sprawling across 15,990 acres in the Pocono Mountains, this verdant paradise offers the perfect ...