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Here, you'll find images related to research going on at the Fort Collins Science Center. Our team of scientists are working on multiple areas of environmental interest, ranging from land conservation effectiveness to invasive reptiles.
Ernie Valdez’s research is generally focused in the western United States but has extended as far west at the US Territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ernie Valdez’s research is generally focused in the western United States but has extended as far west at the US Territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.
USGS Scientist, Ernie Valdez, sampling for insects at Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in southern California.
USGS Scientist, Ernie Valdez, sampling for insects at Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in southern California.
Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado. Red Feather Lakes off of Deadman Road.
Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado. Red Feather Lakes off of Deadman Road.
This photo was taken off of Deadmans Road in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.
This photo was taken off of Deadmans Road in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.
Fort Collins Science Center
Fort Collins Science Center
Fort Collins Science Center
Fort Collins Science Center
A frog in the wetlands in southeast/central North Dakota.
A frog in the wetlands in southeast/central North Dakota.
A male sage-grouse struts his stuff on his native sage steppe.
A male sage-grouse struts his stuff on his native sage steppe.
Laboratory manager Jennifer Fike working in the Molecular Ecology Lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
Laboratory manager Jennifer Fike working in the Molecular Ecology Lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
The Molecular Ecology Lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
The Molecular Ecology Lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
Dr. Sara Oyler-McCance working in the Molecular Genetics Lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
Dr. Sara Oyler-McCance working in the Molecular Genetics Lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
A white-tailed ptarmigan on Mt. Evans, a fourteener in Northern Colorado.
A white-tailed ptarmigan on Mt. Evans, a fourteener in Northern Colorado.
A white-tailed ptarmigan sits on the side of Mt. Evans in northern Colorado.
A white-tailed ptarmigan sits on the side of Mt. Evans in northern Colorado.
A male lesser prairie-chicken.
A dragonfly in the wetlands in Southeast/Central ND - Stutsman and Kidder counties, ND in grassland and on farms.
A dragonfly in the wetlands in Southeast/Central ND - Stutsman and Kidder counties, ND in grassland and on farms.
A dragonfly on a stick in the Prairie Pothole region of the U.S. This is one of the many insects studied during an investigation study of the effects of the Prairie Pothole Wetlands in the U.S.
A dragonfly on a stick in the Prairie Pothole region of the U.S. This is one of the many insects studied during an investigation study of the effects of the Prairie Pothole Wetlands in the U.S.
Erosion along the Rio Puerco during the flood of 2006 following herbicide application to control saltcedar in 2003.
Erosion along the Rio Puerco during the flood of 2006 following herbicide application to control saltcedar in 2003.
A microscopic picture of a Dytiscus insect from the AXL lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
A microscopic picture of a Dytiscus insect from the AXL lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
A dorsal photo of an aeshna from the AXL lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.
A dorsal photo of an aeshna from the AXL lab at the Fort Collins Science Center.