Millions of years ago, the land you’re currently sitting on was located at a completely different latitude. Your backyard crossed thousands of miles to reach its particular point on the planet, and ...

The ground feels permanent, but it isn’t. A new tool lets you trace where your home sat on Earth hundreds of millions of ...

After its chef-owner's move to Europe, Snail Bar, one of Oakland's best restaurants, has a new chef. Is it still as ...

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Go ‘N Bananas shines particularly bright during Pennsylvania’s unpredictable weather, which seems determined to ruin outdoor ...

Isotope analysis of gas from geothermal springs in Zambia could show that a new continental rift is forming, scientists say.

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the ...

If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half ...

Scientists have discovered a long hidden plate boundary near the east coast of Africa that dates back about 180 million years ...

Scientists have discovered a Jurassic tectonic plate boundary that could help to predict what the planet might look like millions of years into the future. Dr. Jordan Phethean, Senior Lecturer in ...

Africa’s Turkana Rift Zone, a hotbed of hominin fossils, is caught in the act of “necking," a critical transition toward ...