In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

India boasts a wide variety of geo-heritage sites that give an insight into the geological history of our planet ...

On the north coast of Northern Ireland sits an otherworldly rock formation known as the Giant’s Causeway. There, thousands of hexagonal stone columns of various heights rise out of the North ...

Guatemalan authorities evacuated around a thousand people on Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks. Residents with traumatic memories of a deadly ...

A nine-month project to improve visitor access to the uninhabited isle of Staffa has been completed. National Trust for ...

We now know that Beacon Rock was a cinder cone volcano that grew here inside of the gorge 57,000 years ago during the Ice Age. And yet, when you climb to the top of Beacon Rock, there are no ...

A visitor to the volcano museum in Mendig, Germany, on Sept. 21, 2024, examines the magnified crystalline structure formed in volcanic rock. This exhibit highlights the intricate formations ...

The towers likely date back 1.8 million years and were created during an ancient volcanic eruption, when the rock was still hot and “there was a lot of pressure in different directions.” ...

Hexagonal rock columns elsewhere around the world are usually composed of dark-grey basalt with low silica content, while the High Island Formation is composed of light-coloured rhyolitic volcanic ...

The towers likely date back 1.8 million years and were created during an ancient volcanic eruption, when the rock was still hot and “there was a lot of pressure in different directions.” ...

The towers likely date back 1.8 million years and were created during an ancient volcanic eruption, when the rock was still hot and “there was a lot of pressure in different directions.” ...