Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park in Middle Brook, Missouri, is that kind of breathtaking natural wonder. When someone mentions ...

Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park is located in Middle Brook, Missouri, approximately 100 miles southwest of St. Louis. The park ...

There are more than 40 species of fireflies in Missouri, but their populations have been diminishing over the last few years.

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

MR. W. S. BISAT'S paper on “The Carboniferous Goniatites of the North of England and their Zones” (Proc. Yorks. Geol. Soc., N.S. vol. 20, 1924, pp. 40-124 and PI. I.-X.) must take rank as one ...

A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

The Mississippi River flows from the State of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Major tributaries include the Missouri and Ohio Rivers. Substantial heavy and light industry in metropolitan and rural ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

With more than 7,500 known caves, the Show-Me State is often called the Cave State, and for good reason. In this article, ...