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Image: Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Capybara rests in its enclosure in a zoological park, it's the world's largest rodent.

Image: Scientist Taking Water Samples
Scientist Taking Water Samples
Scientist Taking Water Samples
Scientist Taking Water Samples

Todd Preston, USGS contract scientist, collecting a surface-water sample from a Prairie Pothole wetland.

Image: Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond
Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond
Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond
Placing Invertebrate Traps in a Pond

Graduate student Christiane Roy placing suspended invertebrate traps in the experimental ponds by kayak.

Image: Light Meter near Mangrove Corals
Light Meter near Mangrove Corals
Light Meter near Mangrove Corals
Light Meter near Mangrove Corals

Underwater light sensor deployed under the mangrove canopy where corals are growing.

Image: American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog

A biologist examines an American bullfrog along the Yellowstone River near Billings, MT.

A biologist examines an American bullfrog along the Yellowstone River near Billings, MT.

Image: Gray jay
Gray jay
Gray jay
Gray jay

Gray jay perched on tree in the Presidential Range, White Mountains, NH

Gray jay perched on tree in the Presidential Range, White Mountains, NH

Image: High-Intensity Wildfire Flames
High-Intensity Wildfire Flames
High-Intensity Wildfire Flames
High-Intensity Wildfire Flames

After the photo of the coyote on the run, the next photo on the camera shows high-intensity flames at 9:00 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007. Photo credit: USGS.

After the photo of the coyote on the run, the next photo on the camera shows high-intensity flames at 9:00 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007. Photo credit: USGS.

Image: Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass

A curious smallmouth bass following behind scuba divers in Sparkling Lake, Vilas County, Wis.

A curious smallmouth bass following behind scuba divers in Sparkling Lake, Vilas County, Wis.

Image: UAS Sign In Desk
UAS Sign In Desk
UAS Sign In Desk
UAS Sign In Desk

Sign in desk, taken at the first Federal Unmanned Aircraft Systems Workshop. 

Sign in desk, taken at the first Federal Unmanned Aircraft Systems Workshop. 

Image: Red and Bonita Mine
Red and Bonita Mine
Red and Bonita Mine
Red and Bonita Mine

Red and Bonita Mine located approximately .4 miles from the Gold King Mine.

Red and Bonita Mine located approximately .4 miles from the Gold King Mine.

Image: EON Geosciences Airplane
EON Geosciences Airplane
EON Geosciences Airplane
EON Geosciences Airplane

EON Geosciences airplane under contract to the USGS for low-level flights in Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa, area.

 

EON Geosciences airplane under contract to the USGS for low-level flights in Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa, area.

 

Image: Boxelder Bugs Gather on the Leaves of Hosta 4
Boxelder Bugs Gather on the Leaves of Hosta 4
Boxelder Bugs Gather on the Leaves of Hosta 4
Boxelder Bugs Gather on the Leaves of Hosta 4

Adult, immature, and nymph stage box elder bugs gather on the leaves of a hosta plant growing at the base of a silver maple tree. Adults have fully formed, mainly black wings.

Adult, immature, and nymph stage box elder bugs gather on the leaves of a hosta plant growing at the base of a silver maple tree. Adults have fully formed, mainly black wings.

Image: Honey Bees Make Life Sweet
Honey Bees Make Life Sweet
Honey Bees Make Life Sweet
Honey Bees Make Life Sweet

Honey bees live and work in highly collaborative, social colonies with a sole reproducing queen, and they make honey by storing nectar from flowering plants in their hives for use during food scarcities.

Honey bees live and work in highly collaborative, social colonies with a sole reproducing queen, and they make honey by storing nectar from flowering plants in their hives for use during food scarcities.

Image: USGS Honey Bee Research
USGS Honey Bee Research
USGS Honey Bee Research
USGS Honey Bee Research

The USGS researches land use and honey bee health in the northern Great Plains. This research will be useful in equipping land managers and policy makers with the best-available science to improve forage and habitat for pollinators in a part of the country that is undergoing rapid land-use change.

The USGS researches land use and honey bee health in the northern Great Plains. This research will be useful in equipping land managers and policy makers with the best-available science to improve forage and habitat for pollinators in a part of the country that is undergoing rapid land-use change.

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