ExxonMobil is carrying out in-depth studies on a swathe of acreage in a long-neglected frontier basin offshore Namibia in a ...

California’s Highway S22 winds through a landscape of extremes—starting in the stark beauty of mountain ranges and plunging ...

A lake's sedimentation patterns can refine earthquake-timing estimates for scientists at Yellowstone National Park, writes ...

Our regional geological models indicate that the promising Fold Belt play, known for hosting some of the world's largest ...

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, the granddaughter of Mary and Louis Leakey, who first determined that early humans evolved ...

Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These ...

The NASA satellite image shows rust-red rock formations in Wyoming—evidence of 220-million-year-old 'megamonsoons'.

The US Geological Survey assessed technically recoverable oil and gas reserves in Maverick basin formations in the Western ...

Only minimal amounts of untapped oil and gas resources remain in the historic Los Angeles fossil fuel production basin, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). New estimates released by ...

Oil prices fell below $60, the lowest in years. Most of it is drilled in the Permian Basin, a stretch of land containing oil deposits scattered across tens of thousands of square miles where ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Last July, a powerful steam explosion rocked Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park. While no one was hurt, it was a close call for some visitors and heavily ...