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The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 through November 30. Throughout the season, the U.S. Geological Survey will be providing science...

RESTON, Virginia — The USGS estimates there are 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 119.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in undiscovered accumulations...

With the potential for flooding during present-day winter storms and sea level rise continually inching up on San Francisco Bay Area communities, a...

In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive mounds of mud and rocks buried highways and...

The research will inform conservation planning for aquatic plants and mussels

Wildfires are a natural process in many ecosystems, but they are increasing in size, severity and frequency in many areas across the United States.

USGS is disentangling the interwoven fire-ecosystem-climate relationship to better understand and predict how it will change into the future.

Culturally prescribed burning is a sustainable method for managing land and enhancing the resilience of streams and watersheds. USGS and Yurok Tribe...

The discovery of a previously-unknown population of threatened Ringed Map Turtles was released April 30

Around the West, efforts to conserve and restore riparian habitats have primarily focused on trout and salmon. USGS science is showing that some...