The earliest reference we have to unusual animal behavior prior to a significant earthquake is from Greece in 373 BC. Rats, weasels, snakes, and centipedes reportedly left their homes and headed for ...

USGS energy resource assessments provide information to policymakers on resource potential in areas of the United States and the world. The results of an energy resources assessment feed into land-use ...

Low-level helicopter flights will begin in October over eastern Oregon to image geology using airborne geophysical technology.

The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level helicopter flights over western Idaho in October and early November to image geology using airborne geophysical technology.

Mine lands data catalog: This web portal provides a central catalog of geospatial data resources related to mines and minerals, population demographics, geology and soils, habitats, land management ...

Summary: The Halema'uma'u eruption of Kīlauea remains paused following episode 55 on October 17. The forecast for episode 56 fountaining has been pushed to Nov. 1-7, 2026. The summit eruption of ...

Elemental and isotope geochemistry of Smackover Formation brines in Alabama and Arkansas: Implications for fluid mixing and water-rock interaction Elemental and isotope geochemistry of Smackover ...

No, bats are not blind. Bats have small eyes with very sensitive vision, which helps them see in conditions we might consider pitch black. They don’t have the sharp and colorful vision humans have, ...

USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center at the 2026 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting ...

The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus: hereafter armadillo) was first recorded in the United States (U.S.) in the state of Texas in 1849 and has been expanding its range northward and ...

USGS Energy Resources Program provides periodic assessments of the oil and natural gas endowment of the United States and the World. This website provides access to new, prioritized, assessment ...