The United States Geological Survey (USGS) celebrated the 50th dedication anniversary of its headquarters in Reston on July 12. USGS is the sole scientific agency of the United States government ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...

From bee science to understanding the impact of a warming world on plant life, here’s what the Ecosystems Mission Area does. By Rebecca Dzombak The Trump administration’s proposed budget for ...

USGS oil and gas assessments began 50 years ago following an oil embargo against the U.S. that signaled a need to understand the occurrence, distribution, and potential volumes of undiscovered ...

A Colombian woman illegally in Massachusetts is accused of living under a stolen identity for more than 20 years and receiving more than $400,000 in stolen federal benefits.

USGS excels at this sort of work: Its Bee Lab inventories all the nation’s native bees; the Bird Banding Lab and Breeding Bird Survey do much the same for birds, and their cutting-edge ...

The USGS wildlife cooperative has been housed at UW-Madison since 1972. On Wednesday, May 21, a research paper was published in Wildlife Monographs highlighting work of the USGS co-op in Madison.

EXCLUSIVE: ICE has arrested more illegal aliens from Massachusetts after the state's sanctuary policies led to their release into communities. Some of these individuals were convicted of serious ...

The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts is threatening arrests for those who obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, calling recent interference in her state "disturbing ...

Massachusetts: Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester, as well as eastern parts of Berkshire and northwestern parts of Middlesex. New Hampshire: Southern parts of Cheshire and Hillsborough.

In the Great Lakes region, Michigan was No. 1 for water area at 40,175 square miles, the USGS data show. Water area calculations in the 2010 USGS data included only "perennial" water.

Science USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which ...