National News Releases

After the next significant earthquake, many sources will be disseminating information from a variety of accounts, tools and services.

The cold-loving fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans, or Pd) that causes white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of North American...

Subsurface magma intrusions (sills), rather than surface lava flows, may have triggered the Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event approximately...

Earlier this month, the USGS launched “TopoView 2.1”, an enhancement to the current popular TopoView mapping service that lets users discover...

A tabletop water filter demo designed to remove phosphorus from waste water has in five-years grown into a fully functional water treatment system...

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners has identified situations and conditions where some animals display behavioral flexibility...

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...