Whether you're an avid rock collector or simply interested in the world around you — this new tool is designed to make ...

Mapping out geology across the U.S. is surprisingly difficult, but the USGS has managed just that, and its map is more ...

In late August, the U.S. Geological Survey quietly released a new tool that could reshape how Americans understand the ground ...

Geologic maps are used to locate natural resources, such as water or oil, or the best place to hunt for fossils, but they can also be eye catching works of art. Sharon Purdy A low-lying topographic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The German mining engineer Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) ...

March 23, 1769 marks the birthday of pioneering stratigrapher William Smith, who is also credited with creating the first useful geological map, however like many other great accomplishments also ...

The USGS publishes free topographic maps that show trails, rivers, and campsites in great detail for hikers, cyclists, and adventurers.

DR. ELLES has lectured for several years past on this subject to women students at the University of Cambridge, and the well-printed and fully illustrated book under notice is based upon the course of ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, patterns. A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths A ...

A research team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released a new high-resolution geologic map of the Moon. The map includes discoveries made in the last ten years, like an updated chronology ...

ONE OF THE reasons I became a geologist was the maps. I will never have enough walls in my house for all the beautiful geologic maps I'd love to hang. But these maps are also full of information about ...

A new geological study is reshaping what scientists know about Maine's bedrock, and could play a key role in the state's ...