Explaining the presence of fossils and other geological oddities on the tops of mountains challenged geologists for centuries.

Washington State University Dr. Universe: How do mountains form? – Zane, age 8 Dear Zane, When you walk around on land, you are walking on top of Earth’s rocky crust. Below the crust is ...

Researchers say they finally know how the fault that gave rise to Mount Denali, North America's highest mountain, formed.

In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a ...

Hikers and amateur rock hounds enjoyed a geology walk through Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary and up the Harding Truck Trail on Aug. 4.

Like on an old and dry apple, on a smaller earth fissures - or oceans- and wrinkles -or mountains- would form, leading to the shapes we see today. But how did we arrive at our modern theory of ...

Are There Mountains Still Being Formed Today? Mountains are ancient things, but some are far younger than others and some are still growing.

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains.

The secret fountain of youth is frozen water mantling Antarctica's mighty Gamburtsev Mountains, which have spent 34 million years buried under ice.

Mountains on Pluto have snowcaps that may have formed from the top down as opposed to the bottom up, the reverse of how snow caps form on Earth, a new study finds.