A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

Also, hundreds of federal agents are set to withdraw from Minneapolis. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage ...

The name alone should give you a hint of what’s in store – Kodachrome, borrowed from the famous color film, because when National Geographic photographers first laid eyes on this landscape in 1948, ...

Scientists uncover hidden faults beneath Northern California’s Mendocino triple junction. The discovery reshapes ...

WINNIPEG – For biologist and avid canoeist Jim Duncan, nothing beats the old-fashioned way of planning a multi-day wilderness outing — pulling out a large paper map, gathering his travelling ...

So we've been seeing just starting this morning, um, some earthquakes in San Ramon with the largest earthquake of 923.7 and by my count, about 16 earthquakes, um overnight and into today. And that's ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The U.S. Geological Survey plans to start low-level plane flights this month across eastern Iowa. The project is part of a national effort to find mineral resources and ...

Part 2: The search to identify underground resources is often done from the sky. Here’s how that scientific magic happens Helicopters sporting long appendages are flying over some rural areas of the ...

USGS released its most detailed national geologic map, offering layered views of geology beneath the Earth’s surface across the lower 48 states. The Cooperative National Geologic Map integrates data ...