USGS conducts a health assessment on a mantee in Crystal River, Florida.
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USGS conducts a health assessment on a mantee in Crystal River, Florida.
Frosted flatwoods salamander in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
Frosted flatwoods salamander in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
Invasive black and white tegu lizards (Salvator merianae). USGS is working on development of tools for the detection and capture of invasive reptiles in Florida.
Invasive black and white tegu lizards (Salvator merianae). USGS is working on development of tools for the detection and capture of invasive reptiles in Florida.
Frosted flatwoods salamander, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
Frosted flatwoods salamander, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
A Burmese python coiled in the grass in the Everglades.
A Burmese python coiled in the grass in the Everglades.
Boat owners sought protection for their vessels in sheltered Hurricane Hole, but Hurricane Irma sunk and beached many boats, likely damaging corals. Photo: Caroline Rogers, USGS, 2017
Boat owners sought protection for their vessels in sheltered Hurricane Hole, but Hurricane Irma sunk and beached many boats, likely damaging corals. Photo: Caroline Rogers, USGS, 2017
Satellite tagged male green sea turtle after release in the Dry Tortugas National Park.
Satellite tagged male green sea turtle after release in the Dry Tortugas National Park.
Landscape view of a hydrologically restored wetland unit within the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, OH, USA. Photo Credit: Kurt Kowalski, USGS.
Landscape view of a hydrologically restored wetland unit within the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, OH, USA. Photo Credit: Kurt Kowalski, USGS.
This Oaxaca Cave Sleeper is one of thirteen specimens collected from a cave beneath a reservoir on Mexico's Tonto River. It lacks eyes, is unpigmented, and has sensory adaptations characteristic of fish that live in total darkness. Thuis is the holotype, the example used to describe and name this newly identified species. Credit: Howard L.
This Oaxaca Cave Sleeper is one of thirteen specimens collected from a cave beneath a reservoir on Mexico's Tonto River. It lacks eyes, is unpigmented, and has sensory adaptations characteristic of fish that live in total darkness. Thuis is the holotype, the example used to describe and name this newly identified species. Credit: Howard L.
A laboratory preparation of a Oaxaca Cave Sleeper specimen shows the absence of eyes in this newly identified cavefish species. Credit: Stephen J. Walsh, USGS
A laboratory preparation of a Oaxaca Cave Sleeper specimen shows the absence of eyes in this newly identified cavefish species. Credit: Stephen J. Walsh, USGS
A great blue heron standing in the marsh at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge near the Kennedy Space Center.
A great blue heron standing in the marsh at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge near the Kennedy Space Center.
Red mangrove trees fringe the shoreline of a bay in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Red mangrove trees fringe the shoreline of a bay in Hurricane Hole, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Live Lophelia pertusa is white because the calcium carbonate skeleton shows through the nonpigmented coral tissue. Dead coral is soon covered in a brown biofilm. The red-orange squat lobster (Eumunida picta) in the center of the photo is prepared to catch its dinner.
Live Lophelia pertusa is white because the calcium carbonate skeleton shows through the nonpigmented coral tissue. Dead coral is soon covered in a brown biofilm. The red-orange squat lobster (Eumunida picta) in the center of the photo is prepared to catch its dinner.
Blue Shiner, Cyprinella caerulea
Blue Shiner, Cyprinella caerulea
Amphibian in the Southeast, ARMI, WARC
Amphibian in the Southeast, ARMI, WARC
ARMI Researchers review their data collection during field work in the southeast.
ARMI Researchers review their data collection during field work in the southeast.
USGS Researchers Handle A Burmese Python in the Everglades, WARC
USGS Researchers Handle A Burmese Python in the Everglades, WARC
For nearly four decades, the U.S. Geological Survey's Sirenia Project has been committed to understanding the biology and ecology of the West Indian manatee to aid managers in actions that could best help the population. To do this, USGS manatee researchers rely on a variety of tools and techniques.
For nearly four decades, the U.S. Geological Survey's Sirenia Project has been committed to understanding the biology and ecology of the West Indian manatee to aid managers in actions that could best help the population. To do this, USGS manatee researchers rely on a variety of tools and techniques.
Port Mayaca Lock and Dam, located on the east side of Lake Okeechobee at the junction with the St. Lucie Canal (credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Port Mayaca Lock and Dam, located on the east side of Lake Okeechobee at the junction with the St. Lucie Canal (credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)