We once drove through Walsenburg with a geologist named Brian Penn, passing gas stations and discount stores and fast food chains when suddenly Penn veered his Ford Ranger to the side of the road and ...

How did Colorado's current and ancient landscape form? How do rocks reveal those ancient landscapes? What type of life has inhabited Colorado over geologic time? In what ways has the state's geologic ...

Emily Fairfax fainted when she started her PhD in geology at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2015. She was out in the field near Boulder, and it was a hot day. “We were standing and walking to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GOLDEN —To call one of Golden’s museums an “undiscovered gem” is true, even it if is a wince-worthy pun. The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum is free, ...

The Epic Journey of Geology 310's Crew, Summer 2008 Traipsing in the Blue Ridge. Scuttling about that incredible granite exposure at Richmond’s Belle Isle. A departmental trip to the Potomac River’s ...

The Colorado Mountain Club’s Adventures in Learning series – Basics of Colorado Geology… and More! – will take place on Thursday and Saturday this week.During an informational lecture (to begin at 7 p ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum got a big surprise when it inherited $1.75 million in materials from a woman with seemingly no connection to the ...

Helicopters will be flying low over northern Colorado during the next several months to conduct geological imaging, according to a news release from the U.S. Geological Survey. Beginning in August, ...

What kid hasn’t had some sort of rock collection? Discovering hidden gems is always a treat. Western Colorado is perfect for exploring geology with your kids. Look around — there is evidence of eons ...

Later this week, a helicopter equipped with a pointy red “stinger” will appear over the La Plata Mountains – but no, the region is not under attack. A helicopter carrying specialized equipment to ...

VICTOR, Colorado – Steve Veatch knew his ancestors settled in the tiny Teller County mining town of Victor, but he didn’t know much else about the community on the south side of Pikes Peak. So Veatch ...

KU geology student Carson Rufledt works on a mapping exercise on the top of Blue Ridge in 2017. The KU geology department recently purchased 600 acres of land that makes up Blue Ridge to allow ...