Over the Sierra crest — about 150 miles to the east of Manteca, Oakdale, and Turlock — is one of the world’s largest active ...

Samantha LaSalle climbed into a 26-foot boat and joined a team on Lake Ontario eager to solve a mystery: why were native ...

Coming up with a final federal budget always involves arm twisting and other negotiating tactics as everyone lobbies for ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 struck near Union City on Thursday morning, according to the US Geological Survey.

A preliminary magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck the East Bay at 8:17 a.m. Thursday morning. The quake’s epicenter was less than 1 mile east of Union City and about 3 miles ...

The U.S. Geological Survey released a report on Wednesday that outlined the potential for undiscovered oil in two formations beneath much of the U.S.

Yellowstone contains more than 10,000 thermal features. The number and location of thermal areas is always changing, begging the question: Where will future thermal areas develop?

The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water ...

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera -- located in eastern Idaho and west of Yellowstone National Park -- occurred concurrently ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) detect another 3.1 magnitude around 4am ET in the same area, which followed a swarm of smaller quakes less than 2.5 magnitude. Seismic activity above 2.5 in ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 6:44 a.m. Ecuador time about ...

The California survey, running from 1860 to 1874 ... Despite his status as a civilian, King was named US geologist of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. The Smithsonian would ...