In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...

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The first tropical storm of the season is likely to form as early as Wednesday, but it's not our coast and not our season.

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A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been given sweeping powers to overhaul the federal ...

It's not easy being an amphibian. These creatures including toads, salamanders and newts face plenty of challenges as their ...

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake and at least two aftershocks shook Kern County at about noon Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded three earthquakes Monday just west of Interstate 5 near Mettler. The ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.

A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast, and California is ...

As researchers and directors of regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey since 2011 ... They use these results to create maps of high-risk fire zones to help ...

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