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USGS continues its estimates of technically recoverable oil and gas in Alaska's North Slope.

Research by the USGS and Dickinson College reveals why scientists fail to detect brown treesnakes at low densities

A sequence of earthquakes in southwest Puerto Rico continues to affect people living there, with the largest recent aftershock a magnitude 5.2 on Jan...

SPARROW models, tools, and maps of streamflow, nutrients, and sediment for streams in five major U.S. regions

Caribou, North America’s wild reindeer, have lives apart from their famous role on Christmas Eve. To learn more about how  these Arctic antler-bearers...

Investigating the effects of historical phosphorus on current river water quality. 

USGS experts recently released a study that incorporates the latest earthquake science findings into an update of the National Seismic Hazard Model...

What’s a day in the life of a research geologist like?

For about two months, starting around December 7, 2019, an airplane operated under contract to the USGS will be making low-level flights over parts of...

On a typical June day in Yellowstone National Park, it’s not unusual to see hundreds of bison grazing in the Lamar Valley. The herds appear to...