National News Releases

The estimated tens of thousands of Burmese pythons now populating the Everglades present a low risk to people in the park, according to a new...

Portions of the Mekong River Basin contain hotspots of persistent organic pollutants that pose a significant threat to the residents and wildlife of...

An increase in the barred owl population is contributing to the decline of threatened Northern spotted owls, according to models developed by U.S...

It's 1964 in Alaska. Imagine 4.5 minutes of powerful ground shaking underneath you from a magnitude 9.2 earthquake. You and your loved ones are then...

Clearer views of waters along the U.S. and Canadian border are now possible with new seamless digital maps. These maps make it easier to solve complex...

Newly released US Topo maps  for Washington now feature segments of thePacific Crest and Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trails. 

More than 400 years after its discovery by Galileo, the largest moon in the Solar System – Ganymede – has finally claimed a spot on the map. 

Recording bats' echolocation "calls" is the most efficient and least intrusive way of identifying different species of bats in a given area, providing...

A newly developed computer model holds the promise of helping scientists track and predict where oil will go after a spill, sometimes years later.

Earthquake activity in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States does not seem to be slowing down.  In a new study published in the...