Geology
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Study sheds new light on the behavior of the giant carnivorous dinosaur Spinosaurus, suggesting it was a wading hunter.
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As 2020 comes to a close, revisit our most-read stories of the year and discover some that you may have missed.
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The national honor recognizes their distinguished efforts to advance science.
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The senior geology major participated in an online field camp after his in-person camp was canceled.
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New 3D model provides evidence that Venus is churning inside.
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Bill Fagan, James Farquhar, Dinesh Manocha and Aravind Srinivasan received the university's highest academic honor.
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University of Maryland researchers conduct first simultaneous analysis of hundreds of earthquakes to identify echoes from features deep inside Earth.
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Research finds leg length gave giant predatory dinosaurs the advantage of efficiency, not speed as previously thought.
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CMNS awardees include eight current undergraduates, three recent alumni, and six current graduate students (one of whom is also a recent graduate).
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As seismographic data from Mars reveals a quaking planet, analysis of meteorites and satellite data offers a new compositional model that identifies layers inside the red planet.
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Scientific team including UMD geologists analyzed marsquakes from the InSight mission to find a planet with geological activity similar to both Earth and the Moon.
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Sean Carroll, Ming Lin and Richard Walker received the university's highest academic honor.