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May 18th marks the 35th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens and the onset of volcanic activity from 1980 to 1986.  In commemoration, the U...

Are you one in a million? The USGS is part of the millions participating on April 30 for America’s PrepareAthon! You should join too.

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla.— The largest and longest Burmese Python tracking study of its kind -- here or in its native range -- is providing...

A map showing the many different pieces of Earth’s crust that comprise the nation’s geologic basement is now available from the U.S. Geological Survey...

Significant strides in science have been made to better understand potential ground shaking from induced earthquakes, which are earthquakes triggered...

Everyone knows that California is “earthquake country,” but it is also “volcano country.” The most recent large volcanic eruption in California was...

A recent study comparing historic water quality from the Monongahela River Basin in West Virginia found little change in the groundwater and few...

USGS scientists have updated the hydrogeologic framework for the Floridan aquifer system that underlies Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and...

Once devoid of fish and most other aquatic life, central Idaho’s Panther Creek has mostly recovered from years of mining-related pollution according...

Annual average stream temperatures in the Trout Lake watershed, Wisconsin, could increase from one to three degrees Celsius by the year 2100, which...