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

Join us for a special one-hour Friday's Findings celebrating the first-ever USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day! 

Date:  April 25, 2025, at 2:00-2:30 pm...

The Disease Decision Analysis and Research (DDAR) group is a multi-disciplinary team based out of the Eastern Ecological Science Center whose...

History: Twenty-two American bullfrog tadpoles and one metamorph bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) were submitted from a pond in Oregon, USA where...

History: An adult male 126-g Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) was found dead in June of 2024 in Montana, USA.  Approximately 20 birds...

History: An adult male 126-g Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) was found dead in June in Montana, USA.  Cause of death was trichomoniasis...

History: An adult female 0.86 kg red-tailed hawk was observed weak and emaciated in Alaska, USA and died a short time after being taken in for...

History: A mature mountainous star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) within the Florida Reef tract was observed to be losing tissue with a dark, pigmented...

History: A subadult female 11.8 kg sea otter (Enhydra lutris) was found dead on a beach in Washington State, USA.  

History: An adult female 7.57-g Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) was found dead in May in Montana, USA and was collected for screening for white...