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Nathan Stephenson, a forest ecologist with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center, has been honored by the National Park Service with the...

In places like Southern California, where homes are at the edge of urban and natural areas -- ecologists and planners call this "wildland-urban...

The 10th USGS Open House was a smashing success! Science enthusiasts from the Bay Area and beyond converged on the USGS Menlo Park campus on May 19...

Who you callin' a shrimp? With the help of some ecologists, a species of freshwater prawn just might lend a big hand to combating one of the most...

Duke the college basketball team may have stumbled out of the gate this March, but Duke the bobcat was able to defeat malnourishment and mange and...

In February, research cameras located just west of the famed Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles captured photos of a mountain lion (Puma concolor)...

When people read stories about sea otters in the news, it's often a report about how a sea otter population is declining, or some other factor...

The Palmyra Atoll is smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Vibrant coral reefs and tropical fish fill its surrounding waters. On land, strange...

Even the mightiest sequoia starts from a tiny seedling.

Last July, researchers from the USGS and the National Park Service discovered that California Common Murre chicks had hatched on the Channel Islands...