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Take the USGS quiz — just 10 questions — to see how much you know about natural hazards.

Thanks to a quarter-century of research and monitoring, scientists now know how different wildlife species were injured by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil...

May is Volcano Preparedness Month in Washington, providing residents an opportunity to become more familiar with volcano hazards in their communities...

Ducks in North America can be carriers of avian influenza viruses similar to those found in a 2016 outbreak in Indiana that led to the losses of...

While major geomagnetic storms are rare, with only a few recorded per century, there is significant potential for large-scale impacts when they do...

Reporters: Do you want to interview USGS scientists as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista.

On its 205th anniversary, Louisiana still rocks.

Which U.S. State or territory has more large earthquakes than the rest of the United States combined?

On its 229th birthday, Maryland still rocks.

As many as 1.8 billion additional stems of milkweed plants may be needed in North America to return imperiled monarch butterflies to a sustainable...