Aneuretopsychidae from Late Cretaceous Burmese amber. Credit: NIGPAS

Amber specimens reveal origin of long mouthpart of scorpionflies

Bastnaesite (the reddish parts) in Carbonatite. Bastnaesite is an important ore for rare earth elements, one of the mineral commodities identified as most at-risk of supply disruption by the USGS in a new methodology. Credit: Scott Horvath, USGS

Where is the greatest risk to our mineral resource supplies?

The rising Earth from the perspective of the moon.

What other planets can teach us about Earth

Fossilised threads - some as long as four metres - connecting organisms known as rangeomorphs, which dominated Earth's oceans half a billion years ago. Credit: Alex Liu

Half billion-year-old ‘social network’ observed in early animals

The SHIRE project, which contributed resources to this research, is investigating seamounts within the Hikurangi Trench, to learn how they generate or dampen earthquakes at different stages of subduction. This seismic image shows a seamount known as Puke Seamount, colliding with New Zealand. Image: SHIRE/Andrew Gase.

Sinking sea mountains make and muffle earthquakes

Research suggest that rocks colliding inside fault zones, like this one in Maine, may contribute to damaging high-frequency earthquake vibrations. Credit: Julia Carr

Researchers develop new explanation for destructive earthquake vibrations

Scientists used the model to calculate seismic risk in the L.A. Basin

Source of Indonesian earthquakes and tsunamis located

Benjamin Johnson of Iowa State University woks at an outcrop in remote Western Australia where geologists are studying 3.2-billion-year-old ocean crust. Photo by Jana Meixnerova. Photos provided by Benjamin Johnson.

Geologists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed...

Inside the Rainbow Tunnel. Credit: Jeff Glover

World’s Largest Fluorescent Rock Found in New Jersey

A tiny lizard forefoot of the genus Anolis is trapped in amber that is about 15 to 20 million years old. Credit: Jonas Barthel

Rare lizard fossil preserved in amber

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