Most kids are intrigued by simple things. How much more “down to earth” can you get than the ordinary rock? When we lived on the farm, my brothers, sisters and I had fun gathering all sorts of rocks.

Get tips from an expert at Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art to help fuel your kid’s interest in rocks — and start their own rock collection. Plus, three great upcoming events perfect for kids. It’s ...

A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified as belonging to a U.S. Marine who died in a 1951 training accident decades later. Last year, ...

Since my daughter was born three years ago, there are many things she has taught me. Some of the lessons feel profound. I have learned to be less rigid in my vision of what parenting should look like.

Linda Castro, left, assistant policy director of CalWild, with her dog Cash, and Gregor Losson, an advocate for rock and mineral collectors, study a specimen at Cady Mountains in Mojave Trails ...

There may be a strange issue plaguing only a few Chevy Corvette Z06s. It seems that some C8 Z06s have taken up rock collecting as a hobby, with owners not enjoying their mid-mounted flat-plane V8 ...

A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified decades later as that of a Marine who died in a 1951 training accident. Last year, the Yavapai ...