Deep beneath Earth's surface and scattered across remote corners of our planet lie treasures so extraordinary that their very ...

One recent morning near the mouth of a canyon in southwest Colorado Springs, Christine Siddoway placed a few peculiar rocks in a parking lot and a dozen strangers gathered around. “That’s pretty,” one ...

About 3 million people visit Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas every year, but few have noticed the tiny yellow sunflower that has called it home for centuries. It may face extinction without ...

Seeking to lessen its dependence on China for rare earth elements—which are essential for magnet production—Japan is ...

Meteorite found in Finland reveals unprecedented phosphorus levels, one of the rarest in the solar system today ...

China’s export controls have increased pressure to diversify rare earth supply chains, but Australia’s ability to expand domestic processing is constrained by environmental, social and governance ...