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 ...

Rainbow Waterfall, or Waiānuenue, on Hawai'i's Big Island is a natural wonder formed by volcanic activity and the erosive ...

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 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 ...

Not every waterfall formed by chance or erosion. Some were designed intentionally to redirect water, manage landscapes, or ...

Crowds are flocking to Dana Point after the winter storm that brought days of heavy rain to Southern California formed a ...

A waterfall formed by a low water dam underneath Highway 412 in the Colcord community of Delaware county is a popular place for people to swim and escape the intense Oklahoma heat. A waterfall formed ...