The Pisco Basin is a hot, desert area famed for frequent discoveries of ancient marine species and was an extensive sea in ancient times, making it a reservoir of marine fossils.

A winter storm will move through the Great Basin and the Desert Southwest over the weekend into early next week. This storm may finally bring the nearly two-mon ...

Discover the otherworldly beauty of Mono Lake, California's surreal desert oasis. From kayaking through ancient tufa towers ...

Massive geoglyphs etched into the coastal pampa of southern Peru, the Nazca Lines were carved starting 2,500 years ago — and ...

The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

Paleontologists in Peru have discovered a 9-million-year-old fossil of Cosmopolitodus Hastalis, a relative of the great white ...

The Department of Interior has announced a two-year pause on new mining claims near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

The Cave Creek Trail in Ruby Valley is one of the most haunted places in Nevada. It has a dark history that many people don't know and are surprised to learn.

Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once ...

One TikTok creator is showing that you can turn a barren yard into a garden oasis by working with nature instead of against it.

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), expect dry conditions and cooler-than-usual temperatures across the Lower ...

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.