By switching to monochrome, Drost has transformed one of the American Southwest's most colorful locations into an abstract ...

Virginia Tech geological-sciences Ph.D. candidate Jason Reed is trying to determine what controls sandstone formation and how its resulting reservoir quality can aid oil and gas companies search for ...

Standing over 20 feet in the air, the red, striped sandstone formations tower over the surrounding landscape, casting long shadows into the water they sit next to. Where can these majestic rock ...

Halomonas are a hardy breed of bacteria. They can withstand heat, high salinity, low oxygen, utter darkness and pressures that would kill most other organisms. These traits enable these microbes to ...

MUNISING, MI – In the summer, the natural sandstone formations along Lake Superior get all the hype from boaters and kayakers looking up at them from the water. In the winter, the reverse is true. You ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

PACIFIC CITY, Ore., Sept. 5 (UPI) --Officials with the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, a state park along the Oregon Coast, originally thought a toppled sandstone pedestal had succumbed to natural ...

Teufelsschlucht, meaning “Devil’s Gorge,” is a natural sandstone formation in Rhineland-Palatinate near the Luxembourg border ...

The Montana State Parks Foundation is publishing a weekly showcase of Montana State Parks' 55 properties. This week's story takes travelers to Medicine Rocks State Park, a series of natural rock ...

The fantastical arch shapes of sandstone formations have long been thought to be sculpted by wind and rain. But a team of researchers has now found that the shapes are inherent to the rock itself.

Hiking, or “wandern” as it’s more whimsically called in German, is one of the few activities in Germany free of coronavirus restrictions. In the last year, I’ve worn out a pair of hiking shoes ...