National News Releases

Lack of Major Hurricanes Since 2008 Is Likely the Main Reason

Hot new imagery from temperature-sensing cameras suggests that bats who warm up from hibernation together throughout the winter may be better at...

Updated USGS digital topographic maps feature more trails and other recreation points of interest

Adding milkweeds and other native flowering plants into midwestern agricultural lands is key to restoring monarch butterflies, with milkweed sowers...

Scientists recently reconstructed the skin of endangered green turtles, marking the first time that skin of a non-mammal was successfully engineered...

Harvests from freshwater fisheries such as the Great Lakes could total more than 12 million tons a year globally and contribute more to global food...

Prairie dogs in the wild are less likely to succumb to plague after they ingest peanut-butter-flavored bait that contains a vaccine against the...

Larger-than-average low and no oxygen area may affect the region’s shrimp fisheries

Europe’s wild snakes could face a growing threat from a fungal skin disease that has contributed to wild snake deaths in North America, according to...

 Low- and no-oxygen area threatens crabs, oysters, fish