The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has initiated “decisive” steps to recover critical minerals from mine waste, which is ...

The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday took steps to increase recovery of critical minerals, used in everything from ...

Federal scientists are launching an ambitious mapping project to hunt for what could be a mother lode of rare earth elements ...

Volcanoes act as windows deep into Earth. They help us understand the formation of our planet and the others in our solar ...

Morris County became the epicenter of hysteria Monday as the series of quakes — ranging from a magnitude 0.7 to 2.0 — rocked ...

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in Riverside County on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The quake hit at 12:18 p.m.

The United States Geological Survey, abbreviated USGS and formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government.

A moderately strong, 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Indonesia on Thursday, according to the United States Geological ...

ROSMAN, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said an earthquake has been reported in Transylvania ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) was founded on March 3 rd, 1879, through an Act of Congress. At the time, the small staff was tasked with mapping public lands and hunting for minerals.