USGS Manuela Huso and FWS Chris Nicolai at solar trough facility. A solar trough reflects the sun's rays towards a solar collector.
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USGS Manuela Huso and FWS Chris Nicolai at solar trough facility. A solar trough reflects the sun's rays towards a solar collector.
Wild tree swallows perched on an artificial nest box at Cosumnes River Preserve, in California’s Central Valley.
Wild tree swallows perched on an artificial nest box at Cosumnes River Preserve, in California’s Central Valley.
Northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) are mostly non-migratory, long-lived birds whose populations have declined in mature forests of western North America.
Northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) are mostly non-migratory, long-lived birds whose populations have declined in mature forests of western North America.
Spotted Owl flying
Spotted Owl flying
Northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) are mostly non-migratory, long-lived birds whose populations have declined in mature forests of western North America.
Northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) are mostly non-migratory, long-lived birds whose populations have declined in mature forests of western North America.
A native bee pollinates a prickly pear cactus in Colorado. Credit: Mark Vandever, USGS.
A native bee pollinates a prickly pear cactus in Colorado. Credit: Mark Vandever, USGS.
Pallid sturgeon free embryos preserved at 3 days post hatch. Free embryos at this stage have only a rudimentary mouth, their pectoral fins are only beginning to develop, and they rely on a large yolk sac for food.
Pallid sturgeon free embryos preserved at 3 days post hatch. Free embryos at this stage have only a rudimentary mouth, their pectoral fins are only beginning to develop, and they rely on a large yolk sac for food.
CSRP Scientists scan the Yellowstone River where pallid sturgeon were grouped in a spawning aggregation.
CSRP Scientists scan the Yellowstone River where pallid sturgeon were grouped in a spawning aggregation.
Researchers prepare to release a captured female pallid sturgeon after a post-spawn analysis.
Researchers prepare to release a captured female pallid sturgeon after a post-spawn analysis.
University of Minnesota-Duluth researcher Kelsie Murchy records silver carp responses to sound at the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
University of Minnesota-Duluth researcher Kelsie Murchy records silver carp responses to sound at the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
USGS hydrologists prepare to deploy a BM-54 bed-material sampler on the Yellowstone River.
USGS hydrologists prepare to deploy a BM-54 bed-material sampler on the Yellowstone River.
Banded adult Piping Plover on river mile 1334 of the Missouri River, North Dakota
Banded adult Piping Plover on river mile 1334 of the Missouri River, North Dakota
Polar bears spend much of their lives in and around water, and they are well adapted for swimming.
Polar bears spend much of their lives in and around water, and they are well adapted for swimming.
Polar bear pulling himself out of the ocean onto the sea ice.
Polar bear pulling himself out of the ocean onto the sea ice.
Polar bear pulling himself out of the ocean onto the sea ice.
Polar bear pulling himself out of the ocean onto the sea ice.
Polar bear drying off after a swim in the Chukchi sea.
Polar bear drying off after a swim in the Chukchi sea.
Polar bear laying down to dry after a swim in the Chukchi sea.
Polar bear laying down to dry after a swim in the Chukchi sea.
Bruce Manny and Tom Edsall retrieve incubators containing lake trout embryos from spawning grounds in the Fox Island Refuge in northern Lake Michigan.
Bruce Manny and Tom Edsall retrieve incubators containing lake trout embryos from spawning grounds in the Fox Island Refuge in northern Lake Michigan.
Ticks spread the widest variety of diseases that are harmful to humans, including Lyme disease. This is an image of blacklegged tick nymphs, or immature deer ticks.
Ticks spread the widest variety of diseases that are harmful to humans, including Lyme disease. This is an image of blacklegged tick nymphs, or immature deer ticks.
A male (light colored) and a female (dark colored) Yosemite toads mating.
A male (light colored) and a female (dark colored) Yosemite toads mating.
A USGS employee uses an instrument to measure the elevation at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge in southern California, in contribution to a study on sea level rise's impact on coastal wetlands.
A USGS employee uses an instrument to measure the elevation at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge in southern California, in contribution to a study on sea level rise's impact on coastal wetlands.