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Representative image of Asian tiger mosquito When conservationists cleared tens of thousands of invasive rats from Palmyra Atoll,…

The devastation from two massive earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday offers a stark warning for California and…

In the winter of 923, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the heart of Puget Sound. Shorelines slid into…

The orange tributary of the Kugororuk River in Alaska is an example of a “rusting river.” Credit: Josh…

A powerful earthquake rattled northwestern Canada on Saturday afternoon, making the event one of the country’s strongest quakes…

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. – Officials with the U.s. Geological Survey (USGS) are raising the alarm after a shocking…

Conservationists removed tens of thousands of invasive rats from a Pacific island to save its wildlife; they accidentally wiped out an aggressive mosquito species too