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NASA team to study Kilauea volcano from ground, air, and space

NASA's bringing out the big guns.

The Amazon Stonehenge: Drones discover hundreds of ancient earthworks in the basin

Large, mysterious earthworks built thousands of years ago were discovered in the Amazon basin.

Martian meteorite reveals volcanic activity on the Red Planet is at least 2 billion years old

There's not much going on today but Mars must have been very volcanically active.

Fossilized protein found in 195-million-year-old dinosaur bone

Finding fossilized remains of dinosaurs is one thing, but now, paleontologists have discovered proteins dating back to 195 million years ago.

Forget Atlantis -- "lost continent" found under Mauritius

It's all geology, no mystic civilization.

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii creates spectacular lava stream

The Kilauea volcano has created a dramatic "firehose" as molten lava continues to spew out hot lava and ash.

Bizarre, ancient, bag-like creature in China is all mouth and spikes

It's also probably related to you.

Bizarre, 100-million-year-old insect trapped in amber might be from a new branch of life

Researchers have found a very old and "alien like" insect and they've decided it doesn't fit anywhere in the current tree of life.

Paleontologists find 6.2 million year old wolf-sized otter

It was adorable, but also terrifying.

Scientists find 80-million-year dinosaur collagen

Utilizing rigorous, state-of-the-art methods researchers have confirmed the presence of collagen in the fossil of an 80-million-year-old Brachylophosaurus.

Scientists finally place mysterious Cambrian fossils in the tree of life

It was a brachiopode after all - who would have guessed?

Paleontologists find 'incredibly rare' 52 million year-old fossilized berry

Geoscientists working in South America have uncovered an ancient berry.

The dead center of North America is serendipitously located in a small town called Center, North Dakota

This was actually very challenging to pinpoint.

Extremely rare, unlikely crystal found in Russian meteorite

They were once thought to be impossible.

Boron found on Mars - a signature of long-term habitable groundwater

Water on Mars? Yes please!

Seafloor sensors provide unprecedented view into underwater eruption

Most of the world's volcanoes are underwater, and we're "seeing" them better than ever.

Huge, rare diamonds help us learn more about the Earth's mantle

Diamonds are a geologist's best friends.

6 Surreal Caves of the Earth

Nature is beautiful both on the outside and inside.

Scientists find 2.5-billion-year-old fossils of bacteria -- there was no oxygen in the atmosphere then

Who needs oxygen when you got ... sulfur?

After the Earthquake: Stunning Photos Show Huge Rock Walls Rising from Below

A sight to behold.

Evidence of water 1,000 kilometers under the surface found locked inside a diamond

Water isn't only skin deep.

The giant asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs made the rock beneath behave like a liquid

For a moment, the ground beneath parts of Mexico behaved like a fluid.

New Zealand's earthquake pushes the sea floor 2 meters above ground

Fast geology.

Astronomers discover deep valley on Mercury formed through Earth-like processes

Mercury, one of the most hellish places in the Solar System, is shrinking.

Dinosaurs' rise to power took a lot of time, new study shows

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years, but they took it slowly.

Scientists launch new survey of Yellowstone to make the most accurate map of the park's subsurface

The goal is to identify the pathways hot water uses to travel to the surface.

Mount St. Helens, the deadliest volcano in the U.S., has cold feet

This powerful volcano is more bizarre than meets the eye.

Massive dome found on top of the world's largest active magma store

An enormous dome was found deep in the Andes, on top of a massive magma store.

What rocks is the Moon made from?

What's the Moon made from, anyway?

Scientists zoom into Chicxulub, the "dinosaur crater"

Geologists are getting an unprecedented glimpse into the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Missing chunk of India found deep in the Earth, contradicting "101 of geology"

Going down, in a blaze of glory.

NASA rover will investigate liquid-carved gully on Mars

The little rover that could.

Watch all the volcanoes and earthquakes since 1960 hit around the world in one app

A stunning app put together by Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Project.

Newly-discovered fault in San Andreas may explain geologic mysteries

It might be a good thing... but we're not sure yet.

One of the best preserved mammoth skulls was found on an island near California, but its story is mysterious

Well preserved fossils were supposed to be easy.

New volcano forecasting technique shows danger in Japan

Worrying news surface in Japan, as geologists warn Sakurajima volcano might be powering up.

Impressive 170-million-year old "sea monster" fossil found in Scotland

It took two generations to bring this fossil to light.

Large volcano in Iceland might be set to erupt, temblors warn

After two large earthquakes with magnitudes over 4, the Katla volcano in Iceland seems set to erupt.

Scientists believe humans have started a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene

It's a new time -- geologically speaking, at least.

Italian earthquake kills at least 20, destroys entire town

Authorities and locals are searching for survivors.

New dolphin species found in ... museum collection

Museum collections are riddled with valuable specimens.

Oldest oceanic crust might have been part of the Tethys Ocean 340 million years ago

An ancient oceanic slab buried beneath the Mediterranean sea might revise textbooks.

Paleontologists make gruesome finding about 300-million-year-old shark

A small tooth in a fecal sample confirms that the fierce predator ate its young.

The Types of Fossils and Other Rock-solid Fossil Facts

Bones to stones.

Ancient rocks reveal causes of Earth's greatest mass extinction event

The new findings call our current theories on the mass extinction event into question.

Gravitational pull causes some earthquakes on California's San Andreas Fault

Despite being thousands of kilometers away, the sun and moon are behind some of the earthquakes on the Earth.

Scientists turn CO2 into rock in Iceland

Turning air into rock.

Rocks prove Mars used to resemble the Earth a lot -- but no, that doesn't mean there was life on it

But maybe our neighbour wasn't always so red-faced after all.

Your party is saved! Scientists find a massive stash of Helium beneath Tanzania

We just bought some more time.

Earth may have had multiple magnetic poles one billion years ago

Earth's magnetic past wasn't as simple as today.

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