Geology

Changes in the environment likely made life too difficult for Peru's Moche.

Exceptional fossils provide vision of how 390-million-year-old animals stayed out of sight.

Scientists use multiple tests to prove the region where gems were mined.

Warm winters usually make the next year's flu season worse than average.

Clues to finding precious metal could include the composition of insect nests.

A view from the 2012 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union

A duo of recent journal papers use the tools of science to address economic questions.

A handful of fun and interesting science stories.

One year after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Louisa County, Virginia, the landscape of the news media is still shaking.

Curiosity may already have done some work in paving the way for human exploration of Mars

A high-tech dental analysis of a 2-million-year-old hominid from South Africa indicates it had a unique diet that included trees, bushes and fruits. 

Research suggests that ancient granites made advanced life possible.