Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

In March USGS research ecologist Amanda Demopoulos co-led an expedition aboard the NOAA vessel Okeanos Explorer to investigate unknown and poorly known deep-water areas in two marine protected areas in the Pacific Ocean.

The Fish Slam event discovered two nonnative fish species never seen before in Big Cypress National Preserve.

New research shows how river diversions may change water quality in estuaries. 

Changes in rainfall and temperature are predicted to transform wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world within the century, a new study from the USGS and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley concludes.

A new USGS-NASA study found widespread shoreline loss along heavily oiled areas of Louisiana's coast after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and compared the erosion from the spill with coastal changes Hurricane Isaac caused in 2012.

USGS scientists from the Western Geographic Science Center  helped host the Society for Ecological Restoration – Southwest Chapter (SER-SW) 2016 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Fish Marks 36th Non-Native Marine Fish Species Found in State

As coastal development along the Gulf Coast continues to expand, tidal saline wetlands could have difficulty adjusting to rising sea levels.

Genetics and tracking helps USGS researchers learn where the invasive fish are now – and where they may go next.

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and Louisiana State University have identified a new genus and species of cavefish from Mexico, the Oaxaca Cave Sleeper, which is the first cave-adapted sleeper goby to be found in the Western Hemisphere.