Tower Rock, a limestone formation in the middle of the Mississippi River, is newly accessible by foot. The destination is now popular with tourists, the Missouri Department of Conservation said. The ...

A unique, naturally formed, amphitheater-like formation of limestone is among the highlights of a forested 20-acre property on Washington Island recently acquired by the Door County Land Trust. The ...

More than 25 years ago, as an anxious freshman at a small, private, liberal-arts college in the Midwest, I sat stoically in front of a midterm exam in introductory geology. The course had been ...

Microscopic tunnels hidden inside desert rock are forcing scientists to rethink how ancient life spread across Earth. These ...

Destruction of the abbey of Saint-Martin, Savigny during the aftermath of the French Revolution led to the scattering of its sculptures. Their origins were forgotten. Five such dissociated sculptures, ...