Science Snippets

On a humid August morning in south-central Alaska, a group of scientists hiked for four miles along a horse trail armed with rifles and an order to...

The USGS citizen science project, The National Map Corps, has reached another major milestone.

In June of 2014, the USGS released the first-ever polar bear point-of-view footage, offering a never-seen-before perspective from the top Arctic...

The USGS Announces Final Call for Abstracts: Best Student Geological Map Competition at GSA Indianapolis.

The first great geologic expeditions of the United States set off in the mid-1800s, equipped with mules, rifles, and early scientific instruments...

Scientists investigate the impacts of shoreline armoring

Congratulations to the winners of the 5th Annual Best Student Geologic Map Competition, held at the Geological Society of America's recent Annual...

On its 205th anniversary, Louisiana still rocks.

At USGS, although the rocks we study are millions of years old, our scientific methods are cutting edge! Here's just one example of how we use...

In this week's Landsat view, Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 show how significant Cambodia's deforestation has been in the last few decades.