The GeoNerd News 2025

 

Geology (along with mineralogy and paleontology) is fascinating, there’s no end to the amazing things that Mother Earth comes up with. This page shares some of the exciting geological discoveries and events that are in the news. This list is updated periodically, so check back for more browsing fun.

These news items are culled from the Smithsonian Museum’s Smart News service. It shares technically accurate reports of new findings in many fields, including earth science, making these a great starting point for exploring what Mother Earth is cooking up for us.

Your input is greatly appreciated – if you know of any exciting geo-news, or a news source, email us the link at info@taosrockers.com and we’ll have a look. 

For previous year's GeoNerd News articles, visit:

The GeoNerd News 2024
The GeoNerd News 2023
The GeoNerd News 2021-2022  

 

3/24/25 Scientists Detect 'Unexpected' Oxygen in the Most Distant Galaxy Ever Found, Defying Ideas About the Early Universe

3/24/25 How Far Did Neolithic Britons Carry Stonehenge's Most Famous Boulder?

3/19/25 Paleontologists Stumble Across 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils That Are So Well Preserved, Their Last Meals Are Intact

3/17/25 A Hunter Was Out Looking for Deer in West Texas. He Found a Rare Mammoth Tusk Instead

3/13/25 Students Walked Past This Rock for 20 Years. It Turned Out to Host 66 Dinosaur Footprints From the Jurassic Period

3/11/25 Megalodon Might Have Been Longer and Skinnier Than Previously Thought, Growing Up to 80 Feet

3/10/25 Oldest Known Impact Crater Discovered in Australia

3/4/25 See Stunning Illustrations of Prehistoric Life From One of the Most Renowned Paleoartists in the World 

3/3/25 See the Striking New Images From the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, Now the Second Private Spacecraft to Touch Down on the Moon

2/27/25 How a Fragile Insect Living 100 Million Years Ago Becomes a Fossil

2/26/25 The Red Dust on Mars Might Be a Different Mineral Than Scientists Thought, Shedding Light on the Planet's Past 

2/24/25 Fossil Tour Guide Discovers Giant, Purple Dinosaur Footprint While Walking Along a U.K. Beach

2/20/25 A Homeowner Found Huge, Fossil Teeth While Mowing the Lawn. Then, Excavations Revealed a Complete Mastodon Jaw

2/19/25 Fossil Hunter Discovers Gigantic Crab in New Zealand—a New, Extinct Species

2/18/25 Tiny Quakes Discovered Deep Within Greenland's Ice Sheet Could Change Sea-Level Rise Predictions, Study Suggests

2/14/25 Five Unusual Ways People Used Lead—and Suffered For It

2/14/25 Volcanic Unrest' at Alaska's Mount Spurr Suggests 50-50 Chance an Eruption Could Be Coming

2/12/25 Earth's Inner Core Is Changing Shape, Study Finds, Indicating Even More Dynamic Shifts Deep Within Our Planet

2/10/25 Two of the Moon's Grand Canyons Were Formed in Just Ten Violent Minutes, New Study Suggests

2/10/25 Rare Neck Fossil With Puncture Mark Suggests a Prehistoric Crocodilian Snacked on a Young Pterosaur 76 Million Years Ago

2/7/25 Rare Fossil of 183-Million-Year-Old 'Sea Monster' Reveals Both Smooth and Scaly Skin

2/6/25 Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers

2/4/25 The 'Ghost' Haunting This South Carolina Town Might Have an Earthly Explanation, Scientist Says

2/4/25 National Treasure: The Fearsome Science Behind the T. rex, the King of the Dinosaurs

2/3/25 Everything You Want to Know About Dinosaur Sexual Anatomy and Reproduction, From Their Genitalia to How They Laid Eggs

1/31/25 Astronomers Discover an Asteroid With a 1.6 Percent Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here's Why You Shouldn't Panic

1/30/25 Fossil Hunter Discovers 66-Million-Year-Old Vomit in Denmark, Offering a Clue to the Cretaceous Food Chain

1/28/25 Curiosity Rover Spots Ancient Water Ripples on Mars, Hinting at a Past With Shallow, Ice-Free Lakes

1/24/25 How the Largest Volcanic Eruption in Human History Changed the World 

1/24/25 Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement

1/22/25 How a Mass Extinction Driven by Ancient Volcanoes Led to the Age of the Dinosaurs

1/22/25 Fossilized Poop Reveals How Extinct, Flightless Birds Helped Spread New Zealand's Colorful Fungi

1/16/25 An Undersea Volcano Near Oregon May Erupt in 2025, Scientists Predict. It Could Help Improve Eruption Forecasts

1/16/25 Meteorite Crash in Canada Is Caught by Home Security Camera in Likely World-First Video Footage

1/13/25 Everything You Want to Know About the Sex Lives of Dinosaurs, From Scratching the Ground to Battling With Horns | Smithsonian

1/13/25 Meet Punk and Emo, Two Angsty-Looking Fossils From 430 Million Years Ago That Shed Light on Early Mollusk Evolution

1/10/25 Scientists Drill 1.7 Miles Into Antarctic Ice, Revealing 1.2 Million Years of Climate 

1/9/25 A Novel 'Kiss and Capture' Event Gave Pluto Its Largest Moon, Charon, New Study Suggests

1/8/25 Scientists Find the Mysterious Source of the Massive 1831 Volcanic Eruption That Cooled Earth and Made the Sun Appear Blue 

1/7/25 A Quarry Worker Felt Strange Bumps While Digging. They Turned Out to Be the Largest Dinosaur Trackway in the U.K.

12/30/24 11 Dazzling Celestial Events to See in 2025, From a Total Lunar Eclipse to Rare Planetary Alignments

12/26/24 Newly Described Fossil From Wyoming Sheds Light on When Frogs and Toads Lost Their Teeth

12/16/24 The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2024