News: Department of Geoscience
UNLV paleontologists recover mammoth fossils northwest of Las Vegas.
UNLV geoscience professor exploring the links between wet conditions starting 5,000 years ago and weather events such as El Niño in the Desert Southwest.
Data from NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is helping Elisabeth Hausrath understand how soil and water might have once interacted on the surface of our solar system’s most-Earthlike neighbor.
UNLV paleontologist Josh Bonde shares his favorite vertebrate discoveries in Nevada and where you can go see them today.
UNLV paleontologists discover rare Precambrian fossils in remote region of Nevada.
UNLV-led research team takes to ancient Nevada caves to counter prevailing theory of what drives Great Basin climate; findings reported in Nature Communications.
Go along with a band of UNLV researchers as they uncover the skull of an extinct elephant-like creature that once roamed Esmeralda County.
Meteor smack downs, volcanic calderas, and mountain pulses — Geologist Steve Rowland explains some of the catastrophic events the created the geology and biology of our beautiful state.
Hundreds of students from 50 local schools to participate; top high school entries to attend international fair in Los Angeles.
UNLV partnership with Las Vegas Natural History Museum turns professors and students into live exhibit.