Mountains form in a variety of ways, some of which geologists are now just starting to understand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory famously responded "because it´s there." But there was also a more practical reason - "for the stone from the top for geologists." This ...

Mount Denali, North America's highest mountain, is a beautiful sight. While beautiful, though, scientists have long wondered exactly how this mountain came to be. Now, new research has finally ...

In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a ...

Hikers and amateur rock hounds enjoyed a geology walk through Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary and up the Harding Truck Trail on Aug. 4. Bud Benneman, geology instructor at Golden West College, discussed the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter's volcanic moon Io is full of mysteries, including how its mountains were formed. They ...

The Rocky Mountains are beautiful, sure, but to geologists they have also been a bit frustrating—because they aren't located where mountains are supposed to be. Now, one team of geologists think they ...

AMHERST, Mass. - The formation mechanism of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York has long posed a geologic mystery, say seismology researchers at the nearby University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a ...