These fossil-rich sediments along the Alto Madre de Dios River in southern Peru have yielded hundreds of fossil teeth and bones, clues to what life in the Amazon was like 18 million years ago.

World’s smallest fossil monkey found in Amazon jungle

Pressure changes in the summit reservoirs of Kīlauea may help explain the number of earthquakes — or seismicity — in the volcano’s upper East Rift Zone.

Careful analysis of volcano’s plumbing system may give tips on pending...

U of T's Jeremy Rimando sets up Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) survey equipment to measure the amount of displacement on the Las Chacras Fault in San Juan, Argentina.

Research could protect cities in active earthquake zones

Researchers on the MV Steller are in front of the terminus of Alaska's LeConte Glacier in August 2016. An over-the-side pole holds the sonar instrument that collects data on the subsurface ice face as the vessel moves slowly through the icy water. Credit: David Sutherland

Underwater glacial melting is occurring at higher rates than modeling predicts

Magma erupting at the Holuhraun lava field in August 2014. Credit: Bob White

‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions

The fossil of Microdocodon gracilis is preserved in two rock slabs, found in a site near the Wuhua village in the Daohugou area of Inner Mongolia, China. Credit: Zhe-Xi Luo

Jurassic fossil shows how early mammals could swallow like their modern...

Researchers searching for fossils kept finding tiny glassy spheres inside ancient clams. After more than a decade, testing suggests they are evidence of one or more undocumented meteorite impacts in Florida’s distant past. Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams in Florida contain evidence of ancient meteorite

Groundwater well drilling equipment in California's Central Valley. Photo Credit: Chad Ress

Drilling Deeper : A new study shows Americans are drilling deeper...

The output of the proposed methodology, which is a two-part optimization process that refines a common technique used to image salt bodies. The black area represents the salt region. Credit: Mahesh Kalita

Solving the salt problem for seismic imaging

Schematic diagram of water and chlorine transfer by the oceanic crust into the transitional zone of the mantle and the subsequent capture of the resulting material by an Archaean mantle plume. Credit: Evgeny Asafov

Scientists discover how and when a subterranean ocean emerged

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