Mother Nature is an unquestionably prolific architect. But some of her tools are more subtle than others. According to a study published yesterday in the journal Nature, some waterfalls might not ...

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that it's possible for a river to spontaneously form a waterfall. The Seven Teacups is a waterfall on Dry Meadow Creek that flows into the Kern River ...

An experiment with a river built in a lab suggests that geological histories around the world may need to be rewritten. By Robin George Andrews Waterfalls are furious cascades of water, sometimes ...

Using a scale-model riverbed 24 feet long and one foot wide, a team of scientists found a new mechanism that could form waterfalls without the commonly thought of external forces such as tectonics, ...

The breathtaking waters that cascade off of steep cliffs may be self-made productions. It was long thought that waterfalls needed an outside force to form — such as an earthquake, landslide or changes ...

There is more to waterfalls than we thought. We don’t have a full understanding of how they form, but some may arise all on their own, without any clear influence from the surrounding terrain.

Waterfalls form through various geological processes, but they all involve water flowing over a sudden drop in elevation.

Waterfalls are furious cascades of water, sometimes scoring the landscapes in which they flow as they obey gravity’s demands. From Iceland’s shimmering Skógafoss to the family of falls in New ...