Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

Dr. David Schwimmer, an expert on the giant North American crocodilian genus Deinosuchus and a Columbus State University ...

The Quarry Trail (Q1, Q2) takes visitors through the bottom of the abandoned quarry. The rock walls surrounding the quarry bottom are composed of limestone. Limestone consists mainly of calcium ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One of the things Kentuckiana is known for is its beautiful scenery. Those scenic features – and our diverse variety of wildlife – can be attributed to the area’s geological history.

A 10 million-year-old juvenile shark fossil that Cal State Fullerton geology student Crystal Cortez is studying in the university’s geological sciences lab was found nearly 25 years ago during the ...

Digitization will soon allow researchers around the globe to access the latest specimens in the National Fossil Collection Abigail Eisenstadt Ammonites are a family of prehistoric marine mollusks that ...

A 5-foot-wide replica of a fossilized protostega, a Cretaceous-era sea turtle, swims away from a 45-foot-long replica of a fossilized mosasaur in the atrium of the new Earth, Energy and Environment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Geology has inspired everything from great science fiction ...

Woodard has pursued a bachelor’s degree in Geological Sciences, and his determination to pursue Geology extended beyond ...

John D. Cooper, a Cal State Fullerton geologist who was widely known for his research on the evolution of eastern California and for curating a significant collection of fossils that were unearthed ...

Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have relied heavily on fossil fuels as their primary energy source. However, with atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels and global temperatures rising, governments ...