The government has identified several areas in the northeast region enriched with critical and strategic minerals which are ...

Keen-eyed internet sleuths have spotted what appears to be a massive skull lurking in the waters of a Canadian Island.

How would you go about identifying usable land that suits your building tastes? [Scott Sexton] was specifically, looking for ...

A minor, 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, ...

In late June 2025, an ancient city covering several square miles was discovered beneath Wyoming's Horse Peak mountain. In ...

Dominant trade wind conditions generally send tephra and volcanic gas southwest over the remote Ka ʻū Desert. Eruption ...

Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 21, 2025, Section A, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: Maps Might Be Lost as Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys.

Look up and you may spot a quirky-looking plane flying low in the sky. The plane is meant to be there, federal officials say. And it’s on a mission: to improve maps. Outfitted with an elongated ...