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, ...

Waterfalls are graceful monuments to nature's power. In each gentle curve and thrilling plunge, these watery edifices record the dynamic forces thought to be key players in their formation, allowing ...

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 ...