A waterfall's sound can be awe-inspiring or soothing, depending on its size and distance away. The restful tinkle of a one-foot-high waterfall or the swish of a gentle cascade is a restful respite ...

By modeling the flow of a gravel-filled river, researchers have shown that some waterfalls might be able to form on their own.

Waterfalls can form in a surprising new way. Here's how. For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that it's possible for a river to spontaneously form a waterfall.

The authors concluded that some (but not all) waterfalls in nature might form spontaneously, like their lab-made one did — and if they can figure out which waterfalls formed spontaneously and ...

The canyon that holds Europe's most powerful waterfall may have been formed in a flash by just a few monster floods, new research suggests.

What may have been the world’s tallest waterfall briefly formed on Greenland’s ice sheet last year, draining a meltwater lake of 5 million cubic meters of water – equivalent to 2,000 Olympic ...