National News Releases

End of an era: Historic Landsat 7 mission takes final images

Retiring satellite makes way for upcoming enhanced science mission

New USGS map shows where landslides are most likely to occur in U.S.

Map includes the contiguous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico

USGS mapping of western mule deer migration featured in new global atlas

Study finds salamanders are surprisingly abundant in northeastern forests

This news comes as scientists assess potential costs of a looming amphibian disease before it arrives on US shores

Updates to international database provide powerful insights on valuable byproduct minerals

Australia, Canada and U.S. expand samples available in global platform

First study to quantify global earthquake risk to mineral supplies

U.S. Geological Survey scientists dig into how potential seismicity could impact the supplies of mineral commodities like copper and rhenium around the world

Dragonflies Reveal Surprising Insights into Mercury Pollution

Public Participants Make Monitoring Possible in Uncharted Locations