Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

In the desert of Saudi Arabia, a “cryptic” creature with a “window” in its eyelid climbed along a pile of rocks. Its ...

Macduff met the Herald this week at the Jupiter basalt marker along the Columbia Park Trail, just east of the blue bridge. It’s incomplete but meant to represent the orbital path of the gas ...

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

Basalt rocks in Columbia Park and long river in Kennewick and Richland, WA to mark planets in solar system as part of STEM education project.

Basalt velvet geckos live on “exposed, piled, black basalt rocks,” the study said. Hoskin saw them “active at night.” When “disturbed,” the geckos retreated “into deep crevices and ...

Basalt velvet geckos live on “exposed, piled, black basalt rocks,” the study said. Hoskin saw them “active at night.” When “disturbed,” the geckos retreated “into deep crevices and ...

To extract samples of the basalt rocks, Clark said the researchers anticipate drilling 5,000 feet deep. From there, they will use a “cylindrical drill” to pull core samples to the surface.

Basalt velvet geckos live on “exposed, piled, black basalt rocks,” the study said. Hoskin saw them “active at night.” When “disturbed,” the geckos retreated “into deep crevices and ...

Runners, bicyclists and walkers in Columbia Park have probably noticed a couple 1,500-pound basalt slabs installed along the path in recent days. Those are part of one local teacher’s decades ...

Basalt velvet geckos live on “exposed, piled, black basalt rocks,” the study said. Hoskin saw them “active at night.” When “disturbed,” the geckos retreated “into deep crevices and ...