Science Snippets

Have you ever walked through a forest and felt a little spooked? Well, that’s definitely the vibe of ghost forests!

On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 PM, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit near Loma Prieta, CA., shaking the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions. The...

The discovery of a previously-unknown population of threatened Ringed Map Turtles was released April 30

Around the West, efforts to conserve and restore riparian habitats have primarily focused on trout and salmon. USGS science is showing that some...

This week the White House released the first Quadrennial Supply Chain review, detailing supply chains critical for national and economic security. 

When water temperatures drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it can mean life or death for Endangered Species Act-protected sea turtles. But scientists...

The majority of archaeological sites in the Grand Canyon National Park, Colorado River corridor were created by ancestors of Native Americans who...

Did you know that oceans capture a large amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping mitigate climate change? It’s true, and scientists are...

As much of the world grapples with historic heat waves exacerbated by climate change and the ongoing El Nino event, ocean temperatures are also on the...

Based on paleoclimate records and climate models, researchers have identified the most feasible time periods for early human migrations along the...