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After 15 years of planning and development, the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system is now available to more than 50 million people in...

New Study Unveils the Impacts of the Disease on Native Bat Populations

CORVALLIS, ORE. – Reduction in wildlife mortality rates is sometimes cited as a potential benefit to the replacement of older, smaller turbines by...

The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according to a new study led by the U.S...

RESTON, Va. – Greater sage-grouse populations have declined significantly over the last six decades, with an 80% rangewide decline since 1965 and a...

An estimated 4.1 million people in the lower 48 states are potentially exposed to arsenic levels that exceed EPA’s drinking water standards

Cold-sensitive plants, animals moving north due to fewer, weaker winter freezes

Fort Collins, CO – Considered one of the most imperiled ecosystems in the world and home to mule deer, pronghorn, sage-grouse, pygmy rabbits and more...

Background Information

To help address growing wildfire-related challenges in America, the U.S. Geological Survey is rolling out a new Wildland Fire Science Strategy that...