(Maps courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey) The famous Western U.S. explorer John Wesley Powell (also the second director ...

A South Texas earthquake near Pleasanton was felt from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and over to Falls City, marking a ...

Climate change is accelerating in New England, with the region warming faster than any other part of the United States. The ...

The larger, 6.8-magnitude quake happened at 11:49 a.m. Cuba time about 24 miles south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, data from the ...

Native Hawaiian oral traditions record a rich history of the changing volcanic landscape in Hawaiʻi. Interweaving cultural ...

could potentially experience landslide activity, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In response, the agency has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that provides a ...

Researchers used declassified spy satellite images to pinpoint the historic Battle of al-Qadisiyyah ...

In a bid to unearth its own nickel, lithium, and more, the U.S. is using AI to help zero in on mineral-rich deposits.

A recent report by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows that much of Connecticut’s public groundwater supply areas, including areas that provide water to the state's largest cities, have a high ...

Superintendent Megan Degenfelder addresses concerns that industry ties could muddle her work on state's behalf.

Thanks to a $498,999 grant from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), David Boutt, professor in the Department of Earth ...

NASA's EMIT collected this hyperspectral image of the Amazon River in northern Brazil on June 30 as part of an effort to map global ecosystem biodiversity ... For example, the U.S. Geological Survey ...