A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck Lake County, Ohio, rattling homes and nerves across the northeast corner of the state. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the event and classified it as preliminary, ...

The Volcano Observatory Notice to Aviation (VONA) is a notification product used by volcano observatories globally to inform ...

There’s a place in Michigan where the wildlife has apparently decided that humans are actually pretty okay, and it’s not a ...

Scientists have known for years that water levels are rising faster in the Chesapeake Bay region than just about anywhere ...

USGS research scientist Dr. Robert Skoumal explains we may never know exactly what caused Thursday's 4.9 magnitude earthquake ...

A 33-year-old died after being rescued in a closed area within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, according to officials. Teams ...

Northern Louisiana was rattled by an unusual 4.9 earthquake in the early hours of Thursday. The seismic event took place ...

With little progress in the Colorado River negotiations, some water experts are looking to a conservation program — featuring pools of invisible water and some accounting magic — as a possible path ...

Scientists mapped a hidden "sea of light" from hydrogen 9–11 billion years ago, revealing how the early universe was structured.

In geological layers around the world (particularly in the southwestern U.S.) roughly one billion years of rock are missing—a mystery known as the “Great Unconformity." ...

A light, 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck in Louisiana on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 5:30 a.m. Central time about 6 miles west of Edgefield, La.

Federal officials are considering a Mississippi man's bid to rename the South Texas coastline to "commemorate the location where inter-planetary travel was started." ...