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USGS also estimates 4 billion barrels of oil and 2 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the two formations.

Look, in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s...underground mineral research?

The USGS National Minerals Information Center tracks how much the United States relies on other countries for minerals critical to the economy and...

Florida’s iconic manatee population is highly likely to endure for the next 100 years, so long as wildlife managers continue to protect the marine...

Long distance flights in search of flowering trees threatens the Hawaiian Iiwi as climate change increases the distribution of avian diseases

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The new “Water On-the-Go” mobile app gives the public easy access to current conditions in streams across Texas. This product was developed by the U.S...

Almost all of the turtles living in a southern California lake died following a large fire and years of drought, according to a new U.S. Geological...

Managing 72 million acres of Federal lands in Alaska is not easy, especially when the land’s many uses need to be balanced. There are several...

In 2016, the United States mined $74.6 billion worth of minerals, and the following five mineral commodities accounted for 68.5 percent of that value.