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Inaugural USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day - April 25, 2025

At the USGS, we are a leader in wildlife health research and disease surveillance, prioritizing the health and safety of American communities, lands...

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New USGS model uses dragonflies to estimate freshwater mercury risk on U.S. protected lands

RESTON, Va. — In a U.S. Geological Survey-led study, researchers combined more than a decade of data on dragonfly mercury concentrations with commonly...

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USGS Friday's Findings - August 9, 2024

Title:  One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm 

Date: August 9, 2024, at 2...

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Friday's Findings - January 26, 2024

Title:  Expanding Biologists’ Toolbox for Assessing the Status of Southeastern Freshwater Fishes 

Date:  January 26, 2024 at 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am...

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Invasive black carp established in parts of the Mississippi River basin

Black carp, which are an invasive fish species in North America, are now known to be established in the wild in parts of the Mississippi River basin.

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Friday's Findings - May 20, 2022

Date: May 20, 2022 from 2:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern time

Speaker: Jeffrey Steevens, Columbia Environmental Resources Center

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Environmental DNA Research Sheds Light on Invasive Species

USGS Science is Refining eDNA Techniques and Developing New Applications 

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Friday's Findings October 15 2021

Ecological Pathways of Contaminant Transfer and Effects: Aquatic Insects and Insectivores

Date: October 15, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time

Speaker: ...

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Media Alert: Portions of Missouri River to change color temporarily as USGS releases dye to study endangered pallid sturgeon

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey will conduct a dye-trace assessment. For a few hours during this research, several miles of the Missouri...

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CERC’s Research Supporting Conservation of Endangered Mussels Featured in the Columbia Missourian

CERC scientist James Kunz is featured in the Columbia Missourian on USGS research related to endangered mussels.

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Invasive Mussel Species Impacts the Food Web in Lake Mead

In an article for the journal Science of the Total Environment, USGS scientists and others discuss the impact of invasive quagga mussels on the...

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Literature Review: Environmental Selenium-Mercury Interactions

Mercury is a pervasive environmental pollutant and contaminant of concern for both people and wildlife. 

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