The federal government wants to open up 40 parcels for oil and gas near Littlefield, but past drilling in the region didn’t ...

Many Arizonans are outraged by the impact Gov. Doug Ducey's budget has had on the Arizona Geological Survey. Elimination of its modest state appropriation and increased overhead costs resulting from ...

The Legislature restored the $941,000 annual appropriation for the Arizona Geological Survey when it passed a $9.8 billion state budget last week, ending more than a year of uncertainty about the ...

What began as a lot of work with no pay for one man, John F. Blandy, would ultimately become the Arizona Geological Survey. In 1888, Blandy was appointed Arizona's territorial geologist, a position ...

The Arizona Senate has voted to restore the budget of the Arizona Geological Survey — cut last year when Gov. Doug Ducey and the Legislature moved it to the University of Arizona without any dedicated ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center shows Apollo 15 astronauts Jim Irwin, left, and Dave Scott driving a prototype of a lunar rover in a volcanic ...

After a surprising budget cut, the Arizona Geological Survey was forced to become a department of the UA instead of its own state-funded entity. “Its been a difficult transition—fortunately the ...

The Arizona Geological Survey is monitoring a 2-mile long crack that has opened up in the Arizona desert. Recent drone flights over the crack reveal that it has continued to grow both in length and ...

PHOENIX — The ‘Bottomless Pit’ in the Flagstaff area has been an attractive nuisance for more than a century. The name is somewhat misleading. It’s called the bottomless pit but it’s not. “It’s open ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the ...