Images

Graduate students track the movement of juvenile Gulf sturgeon with acoustic telemetry in the Choctawhatchee River Basin, Florida.

Emma has collaborated with multiple agencies and stakeholders to capture and translocate 30 beavers that would otherwise have been euthanized. Emma is pleased that she, along with the beavers, is assisting in conservation and restoration efforts in a sensitive arid system.

Josh’s passion for wildlife and photography have blended well, as his photographs have been published in various outlets and displayed at several galleries. Notably, one of his photographs was selected by a National Geographic editor as a “Top Photo” during the 2017 nature photographer of the year competition.

This radiograph, or x-ray, is of a bald eagle that had ingested lead. The cluster of bright white spots in its gut are lead shotgun pellets eaten by the eagle.

This deer was shot with a lead bullet. The bright white spots scattered throughout its body are fragments of lead from that bullet. These fragments can be eaten by scavengers, such as eagles, when they feed upon a gut pile or carcass left out in the field.

Administering the white-nose syndrome vaccine to a bat during a field trial.

A bat receiving the white-nose syndrome vaccine during a field trial to study vaccine efficacy. 

Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) is a federally listed threatened species. Ninety-seven percent of their range are small headwater streams in the Great Basin of North America.

Zoomed image of a Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) below the surface, with contrast increased for clarity.

Zoomed image of small terns in flight.

Zoomed image of a group of adult and immature Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis).

Zoomed image of a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and a group of shearwaters feeding in southern California.

Zoomed image of a Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) below the surface.

Golden eagle populations in North America are either holding steady or possibly in decline and below the number that which the environment can support.

Incense cedar in the Sierra Nevada

Map of the migratory pathway of glaucous gulls from Alaska to Russia and down Pacific US coastline

Cluster of cave myotis bats (Myotis velifer) on cave wall in Texas.

Photo of three bald eagles captured on a game camera. There are two adults with a juvenile.

The black oystercatcher, a keystone species in nearshore ecosystems, plays an important role in structuring nearshore systems and is highly susceptible to human disturbance. Current inventory and monitoring efforts may not adequately address the information needs for estimating long-term trends for this species.

Examining environmental deoxyribonucleic acid (eDNA) in water samples has demonstrated promise for identifying fish species present in water bodies. However, whether or not this same approach can be used to assess relative abundance, biomass, and species composition in large (greater than [>] 200-hectare) waterbodies is unclear.

Restoring areas infested with invasive species that carry catastrophic fire is a top priority for the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southest (RAMPS) and our partners.