Montana geology creates unusual earthquake risk that isn't fully understood From the Lincoln's 5.8 earthquake was Montana's biggest in decades.Here's our coverage series ...

DILLON, Mont. — Historians have largely focused on the flora and fauna Lewis and Clark documented in their push to the Pacific Ocean 200 years ago. But to really understand the pair's journey ...

Dr. John Metesh, director of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and state geologist, holds an old map of the Orphan Girl Mine in the archive at Montana Tech's Natural Resources Building in Butte.

Yellowstone National Park's geological history is one of the most intensely studied in North America. A new geologic unit ...

In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, including grants to universities. That could affect funding relied on by survey ...

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit western Montana early Thursday morning toppled items off shelves and roused Montanans from their beds from Missoula to Billings but apparently caused no ...

Liv Wheeler is a master's student at Montana State University. Liv was raised in Michigan, surrounded by the Great Lakes and constantly exposed to the outdoors. She graduated from Michigan State ...

Montana’s quake risk is unique, although the exact causes of it remain in debate, said Mike Stickney, seismologist at the Earthquake Studies Office of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology on ...