Lava fire flares up as it flows down dirt road, a result of the 2014 Kilauea Volcano eruption and lava flow. (Kelly Hudson/FEMA) Every year, the United States experiences dozens, if not hundreds, of ...

The U.S. Geological Survey plans to start low-level plane flights this month across eastern Iowa to update national maps and ...

It’s been a full week of earthquakes in California, including a 4.1 near Templeton that triggered an alert for residents.

In this edition of Science Picks, learn about an upcoming Canoe Journey to study water resources in the Salish Sea, a new USGS partnership to develop a volcano early warning system in Chile, how ...

California State Route 178 southwest of Trona after the July 5, 2019, magnitude 7.1 quake. (U.S. Geological Survey) Every year, the United States experiences dozens, if not hundreds, of natural hazard ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), announces the selection of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Science Team.

In this edition of Science Picks, you can discover recent dramatic developments at Kilauea Volcano, who is groovin’ to the tunes of nature, and how the USGS helps forecast and notify emergency ...

With the Mars rover Curiosity's successful landing Sunday, Aug. 5, at 10:32 p.m. PDT, U.S. Geological Survey scientists continue their strategic role in the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the most ...

A NASA satellite image shows a volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that has awoken after more than 400 years of slumber.

President Trump's nominee to lead the premier science office at the Interior Department sidestepped a question yesterday about whether climate change is a core mission of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Remember Chester in The Cricket in Times Square? George Selden was inspired to write his classic children's story after hearing chirps in the subway. Crickets and katydids are a vital part of the ...