Seven Michigan beaches are closed or under advisories due to high bacteria levels. Closures and advisories affect beaches in Oakland, Roscommon, Charlevoix, Allegan, Iosco, Macomb and Grand Traverse ...

River gauges, sirens and clear alerts can together help emergency managers anticipate flash floods and communicate ...

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

Friday the 13th was a lucky day this June for the southwest Iowa city of Avoca, pop. 1,700. Restaurants along Main Street had ...

Of the yet-to-be-discovered oil on U.S. federal lands, about half is believed to be in Alaska, according to the new estimate.

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Scientists discover arsenic in Girl Scout CookiesA new map has revealed a disturbing truth about drinking water in the ...

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, ...

Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key geologic mapping work.

The U.S. Geological Survey registered a 2.9 magnitude earthquake near Dacono, Colorado Friday morning. White House reacts after intel assessment contradicts Trump on Iran strikes I’ve Been a ...

A 2.8-magnitude earthquake hit a section of northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was reported 10 kilometers north ...