Meteor smack downs, volcanic calderas, and mountain pulses — Geologist Steve Rowland explains some of the catastrophic events the created the geology and biology of our beautiful state.

Hundreds of students from 50 local schools to participate; top high school entries to attend international fair in Los Angeles.

UNLV partnership with Las Vegas Natural History Museum turns professors and students into live exhibit.

Meet four recipients of UNLV’s most prestigious graduate fellowships and learn about their research and their gratitude for the funding that made it possible.

UNLV researchers report in Nature Geoscience that phosphate, which plays a role in life-creating chemical reactions, may have been more plentiful on early Mars than during the emergence of life on Earth.

Resident experts Barbara Luke and Wanda Taylor weigh in as UNLV prepares to participate in the Great Nevada Shakeout on Thursday.

Take a peek at the fossil discoveries of paleontologist Josh Bonde.

Gene Smith dug deep into the earth while Diane Smith reached for the stars.

Cave deposits reveal 22,000 years of North American monsoon rainfall.

Fossilized foot bone from extinct dire wolf discovered at Upper Las Vegas Wash; estimated to be 10,000 to 15,000 years old.

Geoscience grad student's work help people in remote areas of Ghana manage water resources.

UNLV-led research team ties spike in ancient oceanic oxygen levels to earliest animal biodiversity; findings reported in Sept. 27 issue of journal Nature.