Head of Nasutoceratops.

Dinosaur frills and horns did not evolve for species recognition

Top: A medaka fish with normal dorsal and paired pectoral/pelvic fins. Bottom: When the ZRS and sZRS enhancers are knocked out, the fins do not develop normally.

Genetic analysis uncovers the evolutionary origin of vertebrate limbs

Colobops noviportensis

Paleontologists put the bite on an ancient reptile from New England

Undead T. rex.

The curse of zombie fossils

A sample of 2-billion-year-old salt (pink-white recrystallized halite) with embedded fragments of calcium sulfate from a geological drill core in Russian Karelia.

Two-billion-year-old salt rock reveals rise of oxygen in ancient atmosphere

A map summarizing the new REEF measure of seismic energy for events around the Pacific Ring of Fire shows the regional patterns indicating earthquake rupture character is affected by persistent features that differ from region to region.

Seismologists introduce new measure of earthquake ruptures

A new study by an SMU geophysical team found alarming rates of ground movement at various locations across a 4000-square-mile area of four Texas counties.

Radar images show large swath of Texas oil patch is heaving...

The molecular structure of ice-VII (upper right) is shown with an artistic rendering of the Earth and a cutaway view of the inner Earth (right). Crystallized water, in the form of ice-VII, was found in diamond samples studied at Berkeley Lab.

Diamonds from the deep: Study suggests water may exist in Earth’s...

Garnet.

The secrets of garnet reveal source of water to fuel powerful...

This satellite image shows Bogoslof volcano erupting on May 28, 2017.

Scientists capture sounds of volcanic thunder

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