Gravediggers who once helped to lay millions of St. Louis area residents to rest have been replaced by modern technology and ...

The meeting of the Carson City Planning Commission is 5 p.m. Wednesday in the board room of the community center, and ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

Claudette Riley, Springfield News-Leader Blowing Rocks Preserve is the largest stretch of ... The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is home to nearly 60,000 acres of mixed grass prairie, ancient ...

My adventure through this incredible national park saw thrilling rafting adventures, scenic hikes, and some of the oldest landscapes in America.

What began as a curious alteration to a local hillside quickly spiralled into a nationwide stir. A summit, once unassuming, now draws attention for its unexpected resemblance to Japan's iconic Mount ...

Here’s the geological story behind Colorado’s breathtaking Garden of the Gods. About 300 million years ago, two giant pieces ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

A Virginia campaign treasurer pleaded guilty last week to embezzling more than $840,000 in campaign contributions and ...

Below, learn how to remove stains from granite, according to cleaning experts Delah Gomasi, managing director and CEO of Australia-based MaidForYou, and Chris Willatt, owner of Alpine Maids.

Jonathan O'Neil / AP Ancient rocks could shed light on Earth's earliest days Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of dust and gas soon after the solar system existed.

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 billion years to the Hadean era and are the oldest known rocks on the planet.