Deadly and destructive wildfires erupt in the US each year, burning millions of acres and destroying thousands of homes. CNN is tracking the trends.

The Cooperative National Geologic Map offers a complete and detailed look at the bedrock and fault systems of the continental United States. The first geological map of the United States was published ...

The U.S. population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York. New York City alone has ...

Wildfires in Canada, the United States and Mexico often send smoke throughout the continent. Follow our latest coverage here.

The USGS has released a new satellite portrait of the nation that highlights how dramatically the American landscape has changed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been 307 hurricanes that made landfall in the mainland United States since records began in 1851, and now you can see ...

An animated map showing where the March 3, 2026 lunar eclipse is visible. Contours mark the edge of the visibility region at eclipse contact times. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio has published ...

A University of Oklahoma student plotted every U.S. hurricane landfall since 1851, totaling 307. The mid-Atlantic region, particularly around Washington D.C., has seen very few direct hurricane ...