When you walk around on land, you are walking on top of Earth’s rocky crust. Below the crust is another thick layer of rock. These layers form Earth’s tectonic plates, and when those plates collide ...

A recent study published in Geology has uncovered a vast chain of fossilized volcanoes buried beneath the Sichuan Basin in southern China, a find that could reshape how scientists understand Earth’s ...

Patrice Rey receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

Home to deities, sacred grounds, and phenomena, mountains loom large in our imagination. Majestic, mysterious forms that hold the secrets of the universe? Or big, inscrutable rocks that take a lot of ...