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An international team of researchers has found that restoring and rewilding islands decimated by damaging invasive species benefits coastal and marine...

Scientists from the USGS Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) are authors on a new framework for addressing the impacts of offshore wind farms on...

Mohave ground squirrels are small rodents native to the western Mojave Desert of California and are listed as threatened under the California...

Two new publications describe how forests, shrublands, and grasslands are being transformed into different ecosystem types in response to severe and...

New techniques and a massive dataset have helped USGS scientists and partners determine why sea otter populations in southwest Alaska collapsed in the...

Over a decades-long career as a federal scientist, Jim Estes’s groundbreaking work on sea otters has shown just how much these fuzzy animals can teach...

Scientists are attaching tracking tags to marine animals at Palmyra Atoll to learn how marine protected areas can best serve diverse species. 

Researchers link shrubs that died during a severe drought to recent large fires.  

Former USGS scientist Jan van Wagtendonk passed away in July 2022, following a 50-year career as a federal scientist. Management strategies based on...

Amphibians and reptiles, particularly turtles and tortoises, are well-known examples of animals with long lifespans. A team of international...