Archaeologists have discovered a 10,000-year-old site with rock art in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the country's Ministry of ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of streaked gray ...

Travertine is not only a geological wonder but also a popular building material. Its use dates back to ancient Rome, evident ...

Why it's incredible: The rock formation is split cleanly down the middle as if cut by a laser. The Al Naslaa Rock Formation is a landmark in the Saudi Arabian desert formed of two big blocks of ...

While many rocks don’t burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of – and that’s related to how they were formed. Rocks that burn when they get heated up are combusting. This means ...

MUNISING, MI – In the summer, the natural sandstone formations along Lake Superior get all the hype from boaters and kayakers looking up at them from the water. In the winter, the reverse is true. You ...

A severe drought caused a rock formation in the Mississippi River to be visible. It's a rare sight, but those wishing to see might be disappointed. The drought, this week, caused water levels near ...

The coastline near Derwent Howe, in England’s Cumbria, hardly seems a place where geologists would find new things. They’ve been studying the area for two centuries and mapped the region in great ...