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A modern 21^st century-style streamgage on the Brazos River in Richmond, Texas.

Ten minute samples from ichthyoplankton nets deployed near the bottom of the Missouri River.  Samples are sorted and searched for paddlefish and sturgeon free embryos.

The red is due to the presence of astaxanthin, a pigment in the cells.

The Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science, located in Cortland, New York, is a field station of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center. More information about current research at the lab is available on the official Fact Sheet (PDF).

The Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science, located in Cortland, New York, is a field station of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center. More information about current research at the lab is available on the official Fact Sheet (PDF).

USGS Acting Director Suzette Kimball visits the Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science.

The USGS R/V Kaho was Christened and commissioned on August 6, 2014, in Oswego, NY. The vessel was designed with state-of-the-art navigation and scientific capabilities, giving the USGS modern scientific resources for research into Lake Ontario’s coastal and deep-water ecosystems.

The USGS R/V Kaho was Christened and commissioned on August 6, 2014, in Oswego, NY. The vessel was designed with state-of-the-art navigation and scientific capabilities, giving the USGS modern scientific resources for research into Lake Ontario’s coastal and deep-water ecosystems.

The USGS R/V Kaho was Christened and commissioned on August 6, 2014, in Oswego, NY. The vessel was designed with state-of-the-art navigation and scientific capabilities, giving the USGS modern scientific resources for research into Lake Ontario’s coastal and deep-water ecosystems.

USGS civil engineer Brian Collins examines blocks of glacial till that form parts of the Oso landslide deposit.

The confluence of the Suiattle River (muddy river) into the Sauk River. 

USGS technicians check bee traps from a harvested wheat field in Colorado. Credit: Mark Vandever, USGS.

A USGS technician checks bee traps from a harvested wheat field in Colorado. Credit: Mark Vandever, USGS.

The USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center partners with professional beekeepers in North Dakota to evaluate what plant species honey bees forage on and when. 

Bees must tap two million flowers and travel the equivalent of the distance between Washington, D.C., and Boston, to make just one pound of honey.

The USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center partners with professional beekeepers in North Dakota to evaluate what plant species honey bees forage on and when. 

Clint Otto, a research ecologist at the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, partners with professional beekeepers in North Dakota to evaluate what plant species honey bees forage on and when. 

The bee marked in yellow is this hive's queen. There is usually only one queen in a hive, which the worker honeybees feed, follow, and protect.

The crew of the Scarlett Isabella need to have some downtime from time to time. Here is the entertainment room aboard the ship.

Laura Brothers, USGS, explaining what the crew of the Scarlett Isabella were doing on their month long journey.

A view of one of the bedrooms aboard the Scarlett Isabella.