Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
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White Pelicans
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
White Pelicans
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
White Pelicans
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
White-faced Ibis and Gulls
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
White-faced Ibis and Gulls
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.
Glass Mountain obsidian flow at Medicine Lake volcano, CA.
Glass Mountain obsidian flow at Medicine Lake volcano, California. Glass Mountain is a spectacular, nearly treeless, steep-sided rhyolite and dacite obsidian flow that erupted just outside the eastern caldera rim and flowed down the steep eastern flank of Medicine Lake volcano.
Glass Mountain obsidian flow at Medicine Lake volcano, California. Glass Mountain is a spectacular, nearly treeless, steep-sided rhyolite and dacite obsidian flow that erupted just outside the eastern caldera rim and flowed down the steep eastern flank of Medicine Lake volcano.
Bee Specimen
Scientists at Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station are examining how habitat structure, fire history, nesting resources, and plant community composition affect bee community composition.
Scientists at Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station are examining how habitat structure, fire history, nesting resources, and plant community composition affect bee community composition.
River Mile 45: Before High Flow Experiment
Photo of River Mile 45 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon high flow experiment.
Photo of River Mile 45 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon high flow experiment.
River Mile 45: Before High Flow Experiment
Photo of River Mile 45 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon high flow experiment.
Photo of River Mile 45 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon high flow experiment.
Dead Bats Near Cave Entrance
Bats die prematurely when affected by white-nose syndrome.
Bats die prematurely when affected by white-nose syndrome.
Dead Fish Washed Ashore during Golden Alga Toxic Bloom
Electromagnetic Survey
A USGS hydrologist conducts a near-surface electromagnetic induction survey to characterize the shallow earth. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics at Camp Rell, Connecticut, in 2008.
A USGS hydrologist conducts a near-surface electromagnetic induction survey to characterize the shallow earth. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics at Camp Rell, Connecticut, in 2008.
Hibernating Bats with White-nose Syndrome
Bats showing signs of infections with Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome.
Bats showing signs of infections with Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome.
Scanning electron microsope image of the planktic foram Globiger ruber
Scanning electron microsope image of the planktic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber
Scanning electron microsope image of the planktic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber
USGS Scientist Collects Samples for Testing
Dr. Kimberli Miller, a Wildlife Disease Specialist at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, collects field samples from a WNS positive cave in Vermont.
Dr. Kimberli Miller, a Wildlife Disease Specialist at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, collects field samples from a WNS positive cave in Vermont.
Waterbirds Feeding at Flooded Field
Credit Douglas Barnum/USGS. A photo of white-faced ibis and gulls feeding on a flooded agricultural field post-harvest.
Credit Douglas Barnum/USGS. A photo of white-faced ibis and gulls feeding on a flooded agricultural field post-harvest.
Giant Petrel Chick
WCWRU graduate student, Eric Erdmann, takes measures the culmen of a Southern Giant Petrel chick on Humble Island, Antarctica.
WCWRU graduate student, Eric Erdmann, takes measures the culmen of a Southern Giant Petrel chick on Humble Island, Antarctica.
Oranges - Flowers, Leaves, and Fruit
Five orange blossoms against a backdrop of citrus leaves and a mature orange produced by the previous year's blossoms. One blossom has already been pollinated and has lost its surrounding petals leaving the pistil isolated. Photograph taken March 15-16, 2008.
Five orange blossoms against a backdrop of citrus leaves and a mature orange produced by the previous year's blossoms. One blossom has already been pollinated and has lost its surrounding petals leaving the pistil isolated. Photograph taken March 15-16, 2008.
Oranges - Flowers, Leaves, and Fruit
Five orange blossoms against a backdrop of citrus leaves and a mature orange produced by the previous year's blossoms. One blossom has already been pollinated and has lost its surrounding petals leaving the pistil isolated. Photograph taken March 15-16, 2008.
Five orange blossoms against a backdrop of citrus leaves and a mature orange produced by the previous year's blossoms. One blossom has already been pollinated and has lost its surrounding petals leaving the pistil isolated. Photograph taken March 15-16, 2008.
USGS Avian Flu Research
USGS scientist Dede Goldberg swabs a pintail duck for avian influenza at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado.
USGS scientist Dede Goldberg swabs a pintail duck for avian influenza at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado.
Anhinga (Anhinga Sp.)
Anhinga beside Silver River. The water in the background was underground (in the Floridian aquifer) just two or three days earlier.
Anhinga beside Silver River. The water in the background was underground (in the Floridian aquifer) just two or three days earlier.