As Manhattan was being settled, developers would regularly have to clear out large rock outcroppings of schist and other craggy pieces of earth. While you can occasionally see where those rocks have ...

The ecologically similar species Crotonopsis elliptica and Croton monanthogynus were described by Steyermark in his Flora of Missouri as inhabitants of acid rock outcrop communities (sandstone, ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Opportunity rover has revealed new details about the finely layered rocks that partially ring the shallow crater cradling the spacecraft. New photographs of the rock outcrop ...

The summer’s heat has scorched the lawn, shriveled the shrubs and caused the lettuce to bolt, yet Mt. Cuba Center’s rock garden remains unfazed. It is thriving in the heat, drought and periodic ...

A mineral-scouting instrument has found an outcrop of rock rich in carbonate minerals in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars. It's amazing what cleaning your glasses can reveal. A ...

An excavator helps create a dirt ramp up to a large rock outcropping on Highway 1 on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. The highway will remain closed through Wednesday between Ragged Point and Gorda. Photo ...