The KW webcam captures the recent shift in vent activity in Halema‘uma‘u crater wall at Kīlauea's summit on Dec. 25, 2020. (USGS photo) Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Senator Brian Schatz and ...

As Congress works to finalize the nation's fiscal year 2025 budget, concerns have heightened over the fate of conservation programs run by federal agencies ranging from the National Park Service to ...

At least several southeastern U.S. ecosystems are highly vulnerable to the impacts of present and future climate change, according to two new USGS reports on research conducted by scientists with ...

The ecosystems on the American Southwest’s federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than any other region in the U.S., according to a recent study from the U.S.

USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff set up the LiDAR and GPS equipment to survey a burned watershed within the Yarnell Hill Fire on July 19, 2013. (USGS photo) This month, the U.S.

Public participants help collect dragonfly larvae and record field data. Park staff work to engage students, conservation corps, interns, and others in this hands-on research experience. A new study ...

In the first ecosystem-wide study of changing sea depths at five large coral reef tracts in Florida, the Caribbean and Hawai'i, researchers found the sea floor is eroding in all five places, and the ...

Major ecosystem changes like sea-level rise, desertification and lake warming are fueling uncertainty about the future. Many initiatives – such as those fighting to fully eradicate non-native species, ...

WWF’s Natural Capital Alliance integrates ecosystem services into decision-making for sustainable development.

At least several southeastern US ecosystems are highly vulnerable to the impacts of present and future climate change, according to two new reports. At-risk ecosystems occur in states ranging from ...