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 ...

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America's largest cities are slowly sinking due to their own weight, drought and other geological pressures, according to a ...

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

It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other “billion dollar disasters,” which are ...

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.