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

As the largest dam-removal project in history moves into its third year, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey released a new report that...

One year ago, on February 11, 2013, NASA launched the Landsat 8 Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California.

Emergency managers and residents along the Withlacoochee and Little River Basins have a new educational resource to help them better understand floods...

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

U.S. Geological Survey scientists will conduct a comprehensive, high-resolution airborne survey to study the rock layers under parts of Washington...

Warming temperatures due to climate change are exposing endangered Hawaiian forest birds to greater risk of avian malaria. But new research led by the...

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...

The USGS, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, has posted new Idaho US Topo quadrangles (1,193) and New Mexico quads (1,980 maps) which include...

What is all the buzz about in the Yellowstone area? Is it really dangerous? On January 23rd Jake Lowenstern, Scientist-in-Charge of Yellowstone...