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USGS Scientists to Track Effects of Historic Lake Ontario Flooding

USGS Scientists to Track Effects of Historic Lake Ontario Flooding

Media Alert: Reporters wishing to accompany USGS scientists in the field the week of July 10 should contact Bill Coon, 607-220-6280 or wcoon@usgs.gov...

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Volunteering for Science

Volunteering for Science

The National Map Corps recognizes major volunteers to national mapping efforts

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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake in Montana

Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake in Montana

The USGS has up-to-date details on the July 6, 2017 event.

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Return of the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear

Return of the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear

From the journals of Lewis & Clark, April 13, 1805 (in the vicinity of Pouch Point Recreation Area - 16 miles south of New Town, North Dakota):

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Hot new imagery of wintering bats suggests a group behavior for battling white-nose syndrome

Hot new imagery of wintering bats suggests a group behavior for battling white-nose syndrome

Hot new imagery from temperature-sensing cameras suggests that bats who warm up from hibernation together throughout the winter may be better at...

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Finding Yourself Outdoors

Finding Yourself Outdoors

Updated USGS digital topographic maps feature more trails and other recreation points of interest

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Mapping Yorktown

Mapping Yorktown

If urban legend is correct, the world turned upside down on October 19, 1781. The Patriots defeated the British at the Siege of Yorktown, paving the...

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Mapping Month

Mapping Month

Everything happens at a place, the place matters, and the USGS has the science of place.

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Guiding Rovers for Safe Mars Exploration

Guiding Rovers for Safe Mars Exploration

Billions of dollars and a decade worth of research are on the line in the instant that a spacecraft touches down on Mars. When deciding where to land...

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More Milkweeds Located Throughout the Landscape Can Help Conserve Monarchs

More Milkweeds Located Throughout the Landscape Can Help Conserve Monarchs

Adding milkweeds and other native flowering plants into midwestern agricultural lands is key to restoring monarch butterflies, with milkweed sowers...

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Slag-What is it Good for?

Slag-What is it Good for?

Slag. Depending on where you’re from, it may be an insult, a term meaning trash, or, in our case, the waste left over from metal smelting or refining...

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Reptile Skin Grown in Lab for First Time, Helps Study Endangered Turtle Disease

Reptile Skin Grown in Lab for First Time, Helps Study Endangered Turtle Disease

Scientists recently reconstructed the skin of endangered green turtles, marking the first time that skin of a non-mammal was successfully engineered...

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