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RESTON, Va. — The first widescale assessment of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S. to date shows that, in amphibians, this toxic compound...

Science takes time.

Chesapeake Bay Program — Press Release — May 9, 2023

The report by the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee offers...

It’s estimated that more than 100,000 sea ducks are killed worldwide annually when caught in large fishing nets known as gillnets. A recent study...

Researchers from U.S Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been monitoring eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina Carolina) on...

Bird banders at the Rushton Woods Banding Station and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Eastern Ecological Science Center Bird Banding Laboratory have...

USGS scientists of the Eastern Ecological Science Center and the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center published new findings on environmental...

November 3 is One Health Day. One Health is the idea that the health of people is connected to the health of animals and our shared environment.

Observations of fish and wildlife disease by the public can supplement biosurveillance efforts by state and federal agencies. Researchers at the U.S...

The Bird Banding Lab recently got a report of an amazing banding recovery!  A Cape May warbler that was banded at the lab’s fall migration station in...