A view of the Stikine River near Wrangell and Petersburg. (Courtesy Cindi Lagoudakis) A geologist who has studied Southeast Alaska’s rocks and minerals for decades is creating a new geologic map of ...

After a surprising budget cut, the Arizona Geological Survey was forced to become a department of the UA instead of its own state-funded entity. “Its been a difficult transition—fortunately the ...

One of The Museum of Northern Arizona’s current exhibits spotlights the famous Grand Canyon Dragon Map created by George Billingsly, and others, and evaluates its history and ongoing impact on ...

PHOENIX — The ‘Bottomless Pit’ in the Flagstaff area has been an attractive nuisance for more than a century. The name is somewhat misleading. It’s called the bottomless pit but it’s not. “It’s open ...

More dangerous earth fissures are popping up in the Queen Creek area. So the Arizona Geological Survey has already revised and reissued maps that were released just this past April of the area's ...

In what the agency hopes will spur a major leap in American geoscience, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a new mapping tool that allows anyone to peer into the earth beneath their feet. Dubbed ...

The USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona recently released a series of geologic Martian maps that could all be impactful to future missions to the Red Planet. Does size matter? In ...