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This female Burmese python broke the records for her length -- 17 feet, 7 inches – and the number of eggs she contained: 87. She was first captured in Everglades National Park by USGS researchers in the spring of 2012, when they followed a "Judas snake" -- a male python with a transmitter -- and found her nearby in the bushes.

Fungi growing from soil collected in a cave. Arrow points to Geomyces destuctans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats.

Revegetation planting day at former Lake Mills reservoir as Glines Canyon Dam is removed. Image available at Olympic National Park flickr site.

Amount of soil (about 200 mg) from which Geomyces destructans was cultured. This shows the small amount of soil needed to harbor live fungus and the threat that humans might pose in moving it around from cave to cave on their gear, boots, and clothing.

Winter scenery along Highway 60 near Willow City, North Dakota.

Kerry Caslow cleaning a water quality sonde that is outfitted with probes for continuous monitoring of water temperature, specific conductance, and turbidity. It is imperative that the sondes be regularly maintained so that the data, which is published online in realtime, is always accurate.

Four scientists are busy reviewing seismic data, checking maps, and uploading activity updates in the USGS Volcano Hazards Program's Volcano Observatory operations room from the Menlo Park, California USGS campus.

A boar of about 260 pounds near Pecan Island, Louisiana, with LOTEK tracking collar attached and ready for release.

A drill rig on a drill pad in Karnes County, Texas.

Pecos River at Independence Creek, Texas, downstream view. Photograph by Johnathan Bumgarner, U.S. Geological Survey, January 2012.

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From 2012-2013, telemetry data were collected from nine eagles outfitted with a backpack holding a global positioning system-global system for mobile communications, or GPS-GSM, telemetry system. The telemetry system recorded and stored a GPS location every 15-minutes and sent the locations, via the GSM – or mobile phone – network, to a server once per day.

West Fork of North Branch Chicago River at Northbrrok, IL.

Photograph showing outcrop of eroded and dissected extinct volcano located adjacent to the Frio River and east of the city of Uvalde in Uvalde County, Texas. Basalt is remnant of volcanic neck, and adjacent to the basalt is pyroclastic material ranging from fine-grained material to volcanic bombs, which formed the slope of the volcano.

Fish eggs are reared at the Tunison Lab's new UV water treatment facility. 

A new, sophisticated fish rearing facility in Cortland, N.Y. will help restore Atlantic salmon, bloater, and lake herring to Lake Ontario, strengthening the local ecosystem and economy.

USGS scientist George Ketola speaks to citizens and media at a January open house event showcasing the Tunison Lab's new UV water treament facility.

A new, sophisticated fish rearing facility in Cortland, N.Y. will help restore Atlantic salmon, bloater, and lake herring to Lake Ontario, strengthening the local ecosystem and economy.

These two-day old Atlantic salmon were hatched at the USGS Tunison Lab and will eventually be released in Lake Ontario tributaries.

A new, sophisticated fish rearing facility in Cortland, N.Y. will help restore Atlantic salmon, bloater, and lake herring to Lake Ontario, strengthening the local ecosystem and economy.

USGS scientist Rich Chiavelli examines cisco fish eggs that are being reared at the Tunison Lab's new UV water treatment facility.

A new, sophisticated fish rearing facility in Cortland, N.Y. will help restore Atlantic salmon, bloater, and lake herring to Lake Ontario, strengthening the local ecosystem and economy.

Cisco fish eggs are reared at the Tunison Lab's new UV water treatment facility. Testing on the eggs will help scientists determine how to best sterilize them and what water conditions will sustain them in the wild.

This photo shows an interior view of the USGS Tunison Lab's new UV water treament facility. The UV treatment system is on the bottom left of the photo.

A new, sophisticated fish rearing facility in Cortland, N.Y. will help restore Atlantic salmon, bloater, and lake herring to Lake Ontario, strengthening the local ecosystem and economy.

These two-day old Atlantic salmon were hatched at the USGS Tunison Lab and will eventually be released in Lake Ontario tributaries.

A new, sophisticated fish rearing facility in Cortland, N.Y. will help restore Atlantic salmon, bloater, and lake herring to Lake Ontario, strengthening the local ecosystem and economy.