National News Releases

RESTON, Va. - The Plant Conservation Alliance, a coalition of federal agencies and their Tribal, state and non-governmental partners with the goal to...

The USGS has completed an oil and gas estimate for the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota.  

The U.S. Geological Survey is extending the public comment period on a draft revised list of critical minerals until January 10, 2022.  

The following is an excerpt from a joint blog post issued by the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office and the...

Calling all geoscience faculty conducting research or teaching geologic mapping. The USGS EDMAP Program is accepting funding proposals focusing on...

Editor's note: This news release was updated December 9 to indicate the public comment period for the draft critical minerals list has been extended...

List includes minerals key to all sectors of economy including tech and defense 

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service partnered on a first-of-its-kind, nationwide harmful algal bloom, or HAB, field...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Early fall wildfires in the western states and the smoke they generate pose a risk to birds migrating in the Pacific Flyway...

A recent study of museum snake specimens shows that snake fungal disease, a skin infection threatening many important snake populations, existed in...