The pupfish species, found only in a pool called Devils Hole near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, is protected by the ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

A giant crack is ripping through East Africa, reshaping the continent’s future in ways few imagined. Scientists have spotted signs of something far more dramatic beneath the surface.

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now confirmed ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...