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U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners are taking technology to the next level, using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones...

Budget Focuses on Core USGS Science and Efficiency

No one wants to have an active volcano in their backyard (just ask Dionisio Pulido), but ancient eroded volcanoes can sometimes be literal goldmines...

Vast mineral wealth has been discovered in the Great Basin since the 1800s. As each new generation of prospectors and geologists brings their cutting...

On its 205th anniversary, Louisiana still rocks.

On its 229th birthday, Maryland still rocks.

Whether you pan for gold or rare earths, you’ll get a lot of sand...and this EarthWord!

We've got a library full of spectral signatures, like a police fingerprint library for minerals and other substances!

While not a Ferris wheel, this EarthWord is just as magnetic an attraction...

Meet USGS' newest laboratory!