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Wetland Easements Supporting Waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

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World's Longest Mule Deer Migration

Red Desert to Hoback, Wyoming

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Beluga Whale in Cook Inlet, Alaska

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New Unit at Michigan State University

Focuses on climate change, invasive species, and emerging fish and wildlife diseases

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Here's the latest news from the Cooperative Research Units Program.  Click below to read the 2022 Year in Review report and companion story maps.

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Montana Fishery Podcast

The science that is needed to conserve everything from alpine meadows to great white sharks is covered as we interview young and seasoned scientists that are passionate about their profession. The podcast is hosted by the Department of Ecology at Montana State University (the views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Montana State University).

Using Fire to Restore Grasslands in Nebraska

Caleb Roberts is leading research that fire has benefited grassland birds in Nebraska's Loess Canyons, which gets its name from loess—silty, fertile, yellowish-gray sediment that accumulates from windblown dust.

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Hot off the Press! Great Balls of Fire!

Hot off the Press! Great Balls of Fire!

The USGS Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in partnership with the Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems Lab (NIMBUS) and...

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Happy Mother’s Day to Moms of All Species

Happy Mother’s Day to Moms of All Species

USGS wishes to honor all mothers, of all species. Many of our research findings have and are shedding light on the lives of non-human moms.  

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Shorebirds Ignore Aircraft, But Pay Attention to People, Off-road Vehicles

Shorebirds Ignore Aircraft, But Pay Attention to People, Off-road Vehicles

The American oystercatchers studied on Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina were disturbed more by pedestrians and off-road vehicles...

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Continued Decline of the Northern Spotted Owl Associated with the Invasive Barred Owl, Habitat Loss, and Climate Variation

Continued Decline of the Northern Spotted Owl Associated with the Invasive Barred Owl, Habitat Loss, and Climate Variation

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Northern spotted owl populations are declining in all parts of their range in the Pacific Northwest, according to research published...
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Endangered Flying Squirrel Relegated to Living on Sky-Islands

Endangered Flying Squirrel Relegated to Living on Sky-Islands

Habitat loss has fragmented the population of the Carolina northern flying squirrel, an endangered species now living on “sky-islands” on nine...

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Wildlife Researchers to Give Public Close-Up, Real-Time View of Big Game Fieldwork

Wildlife Researchers to Give Public Close-Up, Real-Time View of Big Game Fieldwork

LARAMIE, WY — Seeking insights to help moose, elk, mule deer and bighorn sheep populations, researchers from the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming...
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Culprit Identified in Decline of Endangered Missouri River Pallid Sturgeon

Culprit Identified in Decline of Endangered Missouri River Pallid Sturgeon

BOZEMAN – Pallid sturgeon come from a genetic line that has lived on this planet for tens of millions of years; yet it has been decades since anyone...
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USGS and University of Wyoming Researchers to Share Deer Capture Field Work Via Social Media

USGS and University of Wyoming Researchers to Share Deer Capture Field Work Via Social Media

Wyoming's struggling mule deer populations are receiving significant attention from University of Wyoming researchers, the Wyoming Game and Fish...

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Wind Turbine or Tree? Certain Bats Might Not Know

Wind Turbine or Tree? Certain Bats Might Not Know

Certain bats may be approaching wind turbines after mistaking them for trees, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National...

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Identifying Bats By Sound

Identifying Bats By Sound

Recording bats' echolocation "calls" is the most efficient and least intrusive way of identifying different species of bats in a given area, providing...

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