Some of the tunnels can easily house humans. Image courtesy of Heinrich Frank. DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION Around the turn of the century, a number of huge tunnels were discovered in South America. After ...

Opalized ammonite fossils are some of the most unique and spectacular paleontological specimens. They were formed through a ...

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New research led by Macquarie University earth scientist Dr. Chunfei Chen sheds new light on geological processes from up to three billion years ago and marks a significant shift in the scientific ...

Scientists have discovered a dramatic geological process beneath eastern Africa that could reshape the continent over millions of years. New research published in Nature Geoscience reveals that pulses ...

Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn’t too tricky: Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through large ...

Deep beneath the waves of the North Sea, the seafloor is behaving in an unexpected way. There, scientists have discovered hundreds of vast sand mounds, some on the scale of several kilometers across, ...