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The U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has released a study that will enable ecologists, managers...

In May 2015, scores of scientists from dozens of research institutions descended on a patch of forest in central North Carolina, taking samples of...

How did your neighborhood look in the 1900s?  Now there’s an easier way to find out.

As the brilliant blooms burst above you this Fourth of July, you might wonder how they get those brilliant colors. 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a new study published today, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of...

Greenhouse gas emissions remain the primary threat to the preservation of polar bear populations worldwide. This conclusion holds true under both a...

Cheryl J. Hapke begins work this week as the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.

The amount of water required to hydraulically fracture oil and gas wells varies widely across the country, according to the first national-scale...

Last summer, water levels reached all-time lows in 177 wells used to monitor the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer at and near the Idaho National...

Interior Department’s Northeast Climate Science Center has released a report today synthesizing the latest information on the vulnerability of species...