Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour ...

A 1,000-foot mega tsunami could devastate the US West Coast — and scientists say it's not a matter of if, but when. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a massive fault line stretching from California to ...

The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Melissa poses a threat of catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in ...

Tiny Trinidad might be California’s most perfectly situated fishing village. Perched on a bluff overlooking a perfect natural harbor, this town of fewer than 400 people packs in the charm. Trinidad ...

There isn’t zero probability of earthquakes in the Rochester area, but it is much lower than in regions of the state with ...

You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items ...

On January 1, 2008, at 1:59 am in Calipatria, California, an earthquake happened. You haven’t heard of this earthquake; even if you had been living in Calipatria, you wouldn’t have felt anything. It ...

CARBONDALE — This year’s observance of Earth Science Week at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will focus on meeting energy needs in a sustainable way on campus, in the region and beyond, along ...

A "Big One" on the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest might trigger a similarly serious earthquake on California's San Andreas Fault, new research suggests. The findings are based on ...

The impact of an earthquake on people and property depends not only on the earthquake's characteristics like magnitude and ...

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned. By Sarah Scoles In the world’s ...