Tullis Onstott, a Princeton graduate and professor of geosciences known for his innovative research in several specialties and his explorations of lifeforms deep below the Earth’s surface, died Oct.

The first time Tullis Onstott ventured underground, he squeezed into an elevator with dozens of South African gold miners and descended a mile into a pit called Mponeng. His goal: Finding the bizarre, ...

Tullis Onstott GS ’80, a Professor of Geosciences who was on the University’s faculty for 37 years, died in Oracle, Ariz. on Oct. 19 from complications associated with lung cancer. He was 66 years old ...

More than 20 years since ancient bacteria first gave him a glimpse into Earth's deep life, Onstott can’t wait to see what we find on Mars, especially once scientists can dig a little deeper.

Ariyl Onstott hails from New Orleans, La., and southern Mississippi. She started as reporter/MMJ for WTOL 11 in the summer of 2018. Prior to working in Ohio, Ariyl traveled to Sri Lanka to create ...

Onstott said. "We can't negate the thought of looking for little green worms as opposed to little green microbes." Devil-worm study appears online June 1 in the journal Nature.

-Onstott showed up at the Lunde house between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. on the day of her disappearance April 10 and asked for Sarah's mother, according to Andrew Lunde, Sarah's then 17-year-old brother.

Tullis C. Onstott. Princeton Univ., $35 (496p) ISBN 978-0-691-09644-5 ...