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Avian Flu From Abroad Can Spread in North American Poultry, Wild Birds

Avian Flu From Abroad Can Spread in North American Poultry, Wild Birds

Some avian influenza, or bird flu, viruses that are able to enter North America from other continents through migrating birds can be deadly to poultry...

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Hundreds of Biological Data Available for Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado 

Hundreds of Biological Data Available for Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado 

The U.S. Geological Survey just added more than 800 fish and macroinvertebrate data samples from Fountain Creek, Colorado, to the USGS BioData Retriev...

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Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake near Dover, Delaware

Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake near Dover, Delaware

The USGS has up-to-date details on the November 30, 2017 event.

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Revisiting the Oso Landslide

Revisiting the Oso Landslide

"Gravity Never Sleeps":  The USGS collaborates with community partners for a series of briefings on Capitol Hill to discuss national landslide hazards...

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USGS on Fire: It’s not a matter of “if,” it’s a matter of “more fire science data please!”

USGS on Fire: It’s not a matter of “if,” it’s a matter of “more fire science data please!”

Visit our new USGS fire webpage to learn how USGS fire science is making a difference

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Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Reveals a Cryptic Methane-Fueled Ecosystem in Flooded Caves

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Reveals a Cryptic Methane-Fueled Ecosystem in Flooded Caves

In the underground rivers and flooded caves of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where Mayan lore described a fantastical underworld, scientists have found...

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Serene Sirens: USGS Sea Cow Science

Serene Sirens: USGS Sea Cow Science

It may be hard to believe the legend that sailors long-at-sea once considered manatees to be mermaids. The manatee nickname – the “Sea Cow” – which...

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Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows

Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows

Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and...

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Satellite Imagery Aids Rescue Efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria

Satellite Imagery Aids Rescue Efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria

Free and rapid imagery was provided through the USGS Hazard Data Distribution System.

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Return to the Alaska Wilderness: USGS Scientists visit one of North America’s fastest-moving faults

Return to the Alaska Wilderness: USGS Scientists visit one of North America’s fastest-moving faults

A team of USGS scientists spent two weeks in the isolated Glacier Bay National Park, exploring one of the fastest-moving faults in North America.

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New Map Showcases the Recreational, Mining and Historical Heart of Colorado

New Map Showcases the Recreational, Mining and Historical Heart of Colorado

Bringing together decades of research and mapping, the U.S. Geological Survey just released a geologic map and companion pamphlet featuring the...

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Best Student Geological Map Competition Winners Announced

Best Student Geological Map Competition Winners Announced

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

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