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The wild horses and burros of the American West are a complicated management issue. Populations can grow quickly, straining ecosystems, and posing...

FORT researchers investigate the foraging ecology and habitat suitability of species like bison and mule deer, to assist management partners in 1)...

This year marked another twelve months of progress for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat). FORT researchers made discoveries about the...

This past year, USGS scientists leveraged stable isotopes to provide novel insights on wildlife-ecosystem interactions: grizzly bear diets in Alaska...

Staff across DOI use uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) for a variety of purposes, from monitoring natural hazards to measuring environmental change...

This year, several USGS studies investigated the effects of drought, disease, and invasive species on frogs, toads, and newts across the country, from...

Just over a century ago, one of America’s most majestic species — the American bison — was nearly extinct. Thankfully, conservation efforts are...

Pollinators like the endangered rusty patched bumble bee provide critical ecosystem services and ensure food security through their essential role in...

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal neurodegenerative disease of deer, elk, and moose, is affecting cervid populations across the country. New USGS...

In a new study, USGS scientists reconstruct 500 years of fire history in the dry-conifer forests of northern New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains.