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Spring migration has officially begun and now is the time to make sure your windows are safer for birds! 

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the USGS EESC Bird Banding Lab is highlighting 10 prominent female banders in the North American Bird Banding...

Fish biologist Clay Raines at EESC's Leetown Laboratory is helping to foster diversity in science through student internships.

Thanks to a generous donation from the Friends of Patuxent, the BBL Banding Station received some much needed upgrades.

USGS scientists will present findings from their ocean and coastal research at three scientific conferences this February.  USGS research in ocean...

Highlights from the USGS Bird Banding Lab (BBL) 2023 fall migration station.

You can tell a lot about someone’s health from their body’s waste. If you are fighting an infectious illness, you flush away more than yesterday’s...

The ocean covers 71% of Earth’s surface. We know only a small fraction of what the land beneath the waves looks like.

Although we may feel worlds apart, we are connected by migratory birds. In turn, migratory birds are connected to us and directly affected by our...

RESTON, Va. — The first widescale assessment of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S. to date shows that, in amphibians, this toxic compound...