Images

A juvenile Gray Angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus) feeds on sponges with French Grunts nearby.

Juvenile Four Eye Butterflyfishes (Chaetodon capistratus) find protection in the prop roots and feed on coral polyps.

The Role of Environment and Wildlife in Human Health. Human - wildlife interactions threatened by emerging diseases including avian influenza.

A red racer defends his home in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Illustratuion of water and biodiversity in Pacific NW rainforest.

A view from a canoe of ripples on musky central american water.

Surface-water dissolved iron sampling from a ship, while underway, through Teflon-lined tubing secured to a rope, towed from one meter below the surface, using a continuously pumping system.

Butterfly pollinating a flower.

Snow drifts in early May at the mouth of the Copper River.  Just a mile or two away from here, at the same elevation, there was no snow. Shown are Woods Hole (MA) scientists Andrew Schroth (left) and Kevin Kroeger (right).

Two immature Elk test and develop their abilities.

Pier jacket prior to concret pour at Deadhorse geomagnetic observatory.

Concrete pour for pier at Deadhorse geomagnetic observatory.

More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from the cold temperatures. The sinkholes destroyed homes, roads and sections of cultivated areas.

Sinkholes affect structures as well as many types of supporting infrastructure such as buried utilities lines seen here. More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection fro

More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from the cold temperatures. The sinkholes destroyed homes, roads and sections of cultivated areas.

Sinkholes damage roadways and require constant maintenance for road safety. More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from the cold temperatures.

Christopher Reich core drills coral to collect cores for paleoclimate analyses.

Photo of shipwreck beached in Southern CA.

Clownfish and a living sea anemone survive in a coral reef that has been decimated by natural and human disasters.

Sunrise behind Kayak Island, near the mouth of the Copper River, coastal Gulf of Alaska.

Sunrise behind Kayak Island, near the mouth of the Copper River, coastal Gulf of Alaska.