“Elephants have the ability to feel sound through their feet,” explains Mindy Albright, curator of mammals at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. “But we can’t say for sure that they knew the earthquake ...

A Thai-Chinese construction company faces scrutiny over allegations of using substandard steel rods after a high-rise ...

A lake's sedimentation patterns can refine earthquake-timing estimates for scientists at Yellowstone National Park, writes ...

It’s Patriots’ Day here in Massachusetts, and Marathon Monday in Boston. Let’s get you off to a running start.  As always, find our latest stories at CSMonitor.com. Among them: an explainer on the ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

Perched on top of Santorini's sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk ...

Even actions like raising tariffs on exports by an increasingly isolationist economy can quicken the pulse of the global economy.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by scientists – but which poses a major tsunami hazard. The 2.43pm quake hit ...

And the taller the houses get, residents say they feel less anchored to the soil. Lagan has also lost its soul -- the ...

Lucy’s next stop — “the main event,” as Levison calls it — will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

A Japanese researcher says it is likely that an underground mountain beneath Tokyo Bay has been triggering frequent earthquakes in the Kanto region.

Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 ...