The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

The task force would bring environmentalists to the table to restore seagrass, a "nursery" for young fish, crabs and other ...

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

Google Maps will change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America when the US government officially makes the change ...

In the final days of the Biden administration, officials started soliciting public opinion on future oil and gas development ...

Google Maps said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Denali to Mount McKinley once it is ...