Professor Jim Cotter of University of Minnesota Morris teaches his students how to use geology to read the stories embedded in the earth. CATHY WURZER: Here's a question for you-- where can you ...

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota discovered an ancient crater 350 feet below a Mississippi River suburb all while updating a geologic county map.

New seismic data show that a helium reservoir discovered in February in northern Minnesota is larger than initial estimates indicated, inching the project closer to commercial extraction.

A helium reservoir with the highest concentrations ever seen could hold enough of the gas to address critical shortages in the U.S. affecting tech, medicine and space exploration.

Every year, as many as 30,000 visitors to southeast Minnesota turn down a country road near Harmony, pull into a wooded lot between farm fields … and drop into a cave. The big picture: Niagara Cave — ...

Spotify Minnesota’s state bird is everywhere: There are loons on license plates and library cards, at lottery counters, and ...

Geologists from the University of Minnesota have found a crater 11 times larger than the iconic Meteor Crater in Arizona.

United States Geological Survey 22% of butterflies in U.S. disappeared in 2 decades, study finds ...

Harvey Thorleifson, director of the Minnesota Geological Survey, said the "mountains" could be dark clouds (perhaps not the imagery a potential candidate is looking for).

Scientists with the Minnesota Geological Survey, the research arm of the U's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, found the meteorite impact site in early 2021 while they were updating ...

Geologists Priscilla and Edward Grew have been happily married for the past 14 years. Yet the success of their relationship can hardly be attributed to “togetherness.” Far from it. Priscilla, director ...