Lava fire flares up as it flows down dirt road, a result of the 2014 Kilauea Volcano eruption and lava flow. (Kelly Hudson/FEMA) Every year, the United States experiences dozens, if not hundreds, of ...

Volcanoes can be catastrophic. Lava flows and debris avalanches can choke major riverways, destroy bridges and devastate natural areas. Scientists from the USGS work with partners around the world to ...

Eight-year-old Ella Doran adorably shares her take on science alongside her mom, Kara, an oceanographer at the USGS. While doing a fun experiment together, Kara explains her work studying coastal ...

This weekend, the U.S. Navy announced that it is temporarily closing four submarine repair drydocks in Washington due to earthquake risk. This closure stemmed from a recent seismic assessment for ...

A new discovery in the Permian Basin is challenging the narrative that shale oil and gas in the United States is declining.

Excavated sinkhole at a golf course at Top of the Rock Ozarks Heritage Preserve in Missouri that occurred in May of 2015. Photo taken in February of 2018 (Credit: David Weary, USGS) The USGS works ...

United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Mark Stelton (left) and Kenneth Sims, a UW professor of geology and geophysics and a member of the USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, examine a ...

A partnership between the federal government and state geological surveys, Earth MRI was established in 2019 with the goal of improving America’s knowledge of its “critical mineral” resources, a list ...

The report identifies key variables to be monitored and data-managed in terms of river science. Specific ideas include enhancements in streamflow, biological, and sediment monitoring and include ...

Would you kiss a 300-million-year-old limestone? Bending over backwards to kiss the Blarney Stone will either give you the gift of gab or the taste of a 300-million-year-old Carboniferous limestone, ...

Remember Chester in The Cricket in Times Square? George Selden was inspired to write his classic children's story after hearing chirps in the subway. Crickets and katydids are a vital part of the ...