Samantha LaSalle climbed into a 26-foot boat and joined a team on Lake Ontario eager to solve a mystery: why were native ...

America's largest cities are slowly sinking due to their own weight, drought and other geological pressures, according to a ...

Coming up with a final federal budget always involves arm twisting and other negotiating tactics as everyone lobbies for ...

A city has experienced back-to-back earthquakes. The region sits on top of an ancient fault line that formed 30 million years ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 struck near Union City on Thursday morning, according to the US Geological Survey.

A preliminary magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck the East Bay at 8:17 a.m. Thursday morning. The quake’s epicenter was less than 1 mile east of Union City and about 3 miles ...

The United States has a critical mineral supply problem, made clear by the Russia-Ukraine war and the nation's dependency on ...

The U.S. Geological Survey released a report on Wednesday that outlined the potential for undiscovered oil in two formations beneath much of the U.S.

Michigan has the highest percentage of water area among U.S. states, at 41.5%. Alaska has the largest total water area, while Michigan leads in Great Lakes water area. Michigan tops the nation when it ...

Yellowstone contains more than 10,000 thermal features. The number and location of thermal areas is always changing, begging the question: Where will future thermal areas develop?

The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water ...

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera -- located in eastern Idaho and west of Yellowstone National Park -- occurred concurrently ...