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

Montana Tech has bought an office building in downtown Billings that will house Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. The Montana Board of Regents approved the purchase last fall.

Roughly 63% of Montana is experiencing drought, significantly up from 41% around this time last year. Conditions are unlikely ...

A study has expanded the earthquake record for the Yellowstone Caldera by 10 times to include 86,276 events from 2008 to 2022 ...

DILLON — Rob Thomas, professor of geology at the University of Montana-Western, spends a lot of time studying the history of rocks.

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 ...

Arguing that the Montana Constitution provides a fundamental right to a clean and healthful environment, the conservation ...

A new lawsuit claims the Montana Department of Environmental Quality failed to assess how nutrient pollution from septic systems near the town of Big Sky will harm the Gallatin River.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has increased its estimate for how much oil and gas lies underneath public lands in the U.S ...

The state's Natural Resource Damage Program and Butte-Silver Bow County reached an agreement to use NRDP funds to pay for ...

United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) says it has been reacquiring mining claims next to its existing smelting operations in Montana since earlier this year, and is now ready to reboot mine operations ...