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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the greatest moments in my life was when I finally got to see Victoria Falls in person. It actually exceeded my expectations even though I had been dreaming of that moment for over 30 years. It ...

The amount of water flowing through a river has little influence over long-term changes to its course and the surrounding landscape, research into waterfalls has shown. How much water flows through a ...

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 ...