“If a mule pins back its ears, it’s about to try to bite you,” Julie Adams cautions. That is true of ordinary mules, and it is equally true of the three unlikely specimens that Ms. Adams, a veterinary ...

Collectors of gems and minerals like knowing where their treasures originate. Provenance is a term used to describe where a stone occurs geographically. Often there is a monetary value associated with ...

A gem aficionado is giving $13 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History for science education initiatives. The museum said Wednesday that Coralyn Wright Whitney is making the ...

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Young students anywhere in the world can now experience the wonder of gems and minerals with GemKit™ by GemKids ®, an online treasure trove of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings do, seismologists say. The greatest risk of dying during an earthquake comes from collapsing structures and flying debris. Thanks to Japan's stringent seismic ...

From turquoise mined by indigenous people in Arizona to rocks found on asteroids within the solar system, minerals tell a story. With its expanded space and upgraded collection, the University of ...

Posing for a picture with an ancient Incan skull in hand, Al Palmer declined to gaze ruefully into the eye sockets of the bony pate, Hamlet-style. “I really don’t like that ‘Alas, poor Yorick …’ ...

WASHINGTON — A gem aficionado is giving $13 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History for science education initiatives. The museum said Wednesday that Coralyn Wright Whitney is ...

Free online introduction to gemology from the Gemological Institute of America CARLSBAD, Calif., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Young students anywhere in the world can now experience the wonder of ...