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EESC in the News: Amphibian Declines

EESC in the News: Amphibian Declines

By Maryel Pryce and Oliver Butler

Associated Press, May 21, 2025

Habitat loss from development has caused more than a third of amphibian extinctions and...

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Small, common, and hidden: Collecting and integrating data on amphibian species abundances and distribution

Small, common, and hidden: Collecting and integrating data on amphibian species abundances and distribution

Title:  Small, common, and hidden: Collecting and integrating data on amphibian species abundances and distribution

Speaker:  Evan Grant, Northeast...

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Inaugural USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day - April 25, 2025

Inaugural USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day - April 25, 2025

At the USGS, we are a leader in wildlife health research and disease surveillance, prioritizing the health and safety of American communities, lands...

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EESC in the News: Poplar Island

EESC in the News: Poplar Island

PBS, April 20, 2025

Reconstructing a lost island ecosystem using material dredged from Baltimore's shipping channels.

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EESC in the News: Native Bees

EESC in the News: Native Bees

By Meghan Bartels, Edited by Andrea Thompson

Scientific American, April 4, 2025

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the...

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EESC in the News: PFAS in Pelicans

EESC in the News: PFAS in Pelicans

Words by Maddie Burakoff, Photography by Madeline Gray

Audubon Magazine, Spring 2025

Amid mounting global health concerns about PFAS, communities living...

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EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

Story by Carrie Arnold, Photography by Jamie Wick

All About Birds, March 24, 2025

Fifty years after the DDT era, Ospreys have rebounded strongly across...

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Notes from the Field: What’s on a sparrow’s dinner menu?

Notes from the Field: What’s on a sparrow’s dinner menu?

“Notes from the Field” are contributed articles that highlight current banding projects and the continued importance of bird banding 100+ years after...

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Notes From the Field: Common Loon banding and conservation

Notes From the Field: Common Loon banding and conservation

“Notes from the Field” are contributed articles that highlight current banding projects and the continued importance of bird banding mor than a...

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Carolina Wrens and the Carters – A Brief History of the North American Breeding Bird Survey

Carolina Wrens and the Carters – A Brief History of the North American Breeding Bird Survey

Former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn were avid birders who assisted in the BBS, one of the nation’s most foundational sources for...

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Spring 2025 Highlights from EESC’s Disease Decision Analysis and Research Group

Spring 2025 Highlights from EESC’s Disease Decision Analysis and Research Group

The Disease Decision Analysis and Research (DDAR) group is a multi-disciplinary team based out of the Eastern Ecological Science Center whose...

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USGS Launches New Inter-Regional Partnership with Four Interstate Fisheries Commissions

USGS Launches New Inter-Regional Partnership with Four Interstate Fisheries Commissions

Fish don’t obey lines on a map, so at WFRC we are working to create cross-regional partnerships to improve delivery of our science.

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