On November 9, 1968, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook Southern Illinois. This earthquake was approximately the same as the April 19, 2008 earthquake a few years back.
1968 was pre-Internet, of course. Now, the USGS has a website, “Did you feel it?” which collects citizen data after temblors large enough to be felt by the [...]

You don’t have to be trained naturalist to see that spring sprung early this year. The United States Geological Survey is interested in your observations, regardless of where you are across the country.
Nature’s Notebook needs you to get outside this spring, join many other observers across the nation, and help it reach its millionth [...]

Commentary by Jo Schaper
When the USGS story broke today that they had discovered that the Geomyces destructans fungus caused white nose syndrome in cave dwelling bats, I just yawned.
If you’ve been reading our paper and blog for the last three years, you should know this isn’t news. I’m not a biologist, but I am a [...]

The United States Geological Service announced today that the fungus Geomyces destructans causes WNS in little brown bats, according to agency research published today in the journal Nature.
The study by U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners, conducted at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc., provides the first direct evidence [...]