In the fourth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur examines the ...

Visit a hidden Nevada town where gemstone digging is a popular attraction, blending outdoor fun with the thrill of finding ...

Standing at the rim of the Grand Canyon taking selfies is fine, but it’s like going to a concert and staying in the parking ...

Idaho is sitting on some of the most jaw-dropping landscapes in the country, and these amazing spots will completely change how you see the state.

Look, I know what you’re thinking: the Grand Canyon is in Arizona, and New York has pizza and Broadway shows. But tucked away ...

Ancient charcoal fossils reveal that massive wildfires swept across Earth’s forests 237 million years ago, reshaping our ...

Europe’s largest rare earth deposit just got considerably bigger. On March 3, 2026, Rare Earths Norway announced that its Fen ...

University of California researchers may have solved the mystery of the US river's disappearance from the geological record.

Stand at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and look down. The banded rock walls dropping nearly a mile to the Colorado River ...

Geologists have solved the mystery of the disappearance from the geological record, millions of years ago, of one of North ...

A new geological study reshapes the timeline of a major tectonic collision that helped form the Andes, suggesting key events ...

Now, a new paper suggests that the Farallon plate is still making its presence felt far from the coasts, powering one of ...