Create your own adventure, winding through otherworldly rock formations and hunting fossils in this remote wilderness area.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed when monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in a New Mexico village, sending ...

It’s another piece of data in a scientific debate over when our ancient ancestors reached the Americas. For decades, ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood emergency for Ruidoso on Tuesday, warning of rapidly deteriorating ...

In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

Millions of years ago, a volcano created Wheeler Geologic Area. We visited the hoodoo-filled landscape and learned what it ...

Discover the 'Land of Ice and Fire' in New Mexico at this destination with a long history and trails through volcanic and subterranean wonders.

Mud never lies,” added University of Arizona archaeologist Vance Holliday, whose new work has turned a century of hypothesis ...

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, ...

Geologists discover three unique new minerals at Cookes Peak, New Mexico: raydemarkite, virgilluethite, and stunorthropite.

The story involves an inland sea, powerful rivers, the shearing of the Earth’s crust along major fault systems, magmatic intrusions and volcanic eruptions.

LARAMIE -- The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology ...