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.
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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.
Yellow-Headed Blackbird Fledgling.
Yellow-headed blackbird fledgling. This species is also recorded in the Bird Phenology Program cards.
Yellow-headed blackbird fledgling. This species is also recorded in the Bird Phenology Program cards.
Bird Migration Cards
North American Bird Phenology Program Coordinator Jessica Zelt working with old migration bird cards.
North American Bird Phenology Program Coordinator Jessica Zelt working with old migration bird cards.
Kidney Size Comparison of BEN Victims
Normal size kidney (left) and a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) kidney (right). The BEN kidney is reduced by one third compared to a normal kidney.
Normal size kidney (left) and a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) kidney (right). The BEN kidney is reduced by one third compared to a normal kidney.
Examining bass abnormalities
USGS researcher examining bass for abnormalities in the field.
USGS researcher examining bass for abnormalities in the field.
Burmese python, a Giant Constrictor Snake
Burmese python (Python molurus). Photo courtesy of Roy Wood, National Park Service.
Burmese python (Python molurus). Photo courtesy of Roy Wood, National Park Service.
Yellow Anaconda Captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida
Yellow Anaconda Captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in FloridaYellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) specimen captured at Big Cypress National Preserve. Photo courtesy of Skip Snow, National Park Service.
Yellow Anaconda Captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida
Yellow Anaconda Captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in FloridaYellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) specimen captured at Big Cypress National Preserve. Photo courtesy of Skip Snow, National Park Service.
A Burmese Python and an Alligator Encounter in South Florida
A Burmese Python and an Alligator Encounter in South FloridaA Burmese python (Python molurus) peeks over the head of an alligator that holds the python's body in its mouth in Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service.
A Burmese Python and an Alligator Encounter in South Florida
A Burmese Python and an Alligator Encounter in South FloridaA Burmese python (Python molurus) peeks over the head of an alligator that holds the python's body in its mouth in Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service.
Reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission.
Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission.
Massachusetts inner continental shelf
Massachusetts inner continental shelf bottom photograph showing seafloor life.
Massachusetts inner continental shelf bottom photograph showing seafloor life.
Massachusetts inner continental shelf
Massachusetts inner continental shelf bottom photograph showing seafloor life.
Massachusetts inner continental shelf bottom photograph showing seafloor life.
Brutus the North Pole Wolf
Muskoxen are the main prey of wolves on Ellesmere Island.
Muskoxen are the main prey of wolves on Ellesmere Island.
Invasive Lionfish Removal
The invasive red lionfish (Pterois volitans) waits to be hauled to the surface, where it will eventually be used by NOAA to conduct lab studies on lionfish reproductive biology, age, and growth.
The invasive red lionfish (Pterois volitans) waits to be hauled to the surface, where it will eventually be used by NOAA to conduct lab studies on lionfish reproductive biology, age, and growth.
Geologists of Pakistan and USA
Coal Project in Pakistan. Left-Jan Mohammand Mengal; Center-Florian Maldonado; Right-Shahid Khan
Coal Project in Pakistan. Left-Jan Mohammand Mengal; Center-Florian Maldonado; Right-Shahid Khan
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Herons are found throughout much of North America, but are always associated with water. Because they fish by sight, they need relatively shallow water. Release of too much water through the canals north of the Everglades can interfere with their ability to find food.
Great Blue Herons are found throughout much of North America, but are always associated with water. Because they fish by sight, they need relatively shallow water. Release of too much water through the canals north of the Everglades can interfere with their ability to find food.
Rouge River National Forest
This picture is taken while climbing Mt. McLoughlin looking east over the Rouge River National Forest and Klamath Lake in Southern Oregon.
This picture is taken while climbing Mt. McLoughlin looking east over the Rouge River National Forest and Klamath Lake in Southern Oregon.
Sunrise at Pillar Point
Coast Salish canoe journey preparing to launch; sunrise at Pillar Point. The canoe journey pulled a water quality probe, which measured salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen.
Coast Salish canoe journey preparing to launch; sunrise at Pillar Point. The canoe journey pulled a water quality probe, which measured salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen.
Denali Landscape Panorama
Panoramic (~180 degree) view of landscape in Denali National Park, Alaska. Photographed on July 27, 2009, during fieldwork on Dall sheep habitat by members of the USGS Southwest Geographic Science Team.
Panoramic (~180 degree) view of landscape in Denali National Park, Alaska. Photographed on July 27, 2009, during fieldwork on Dall sheep habitat by members of the USGS Southwest Geographic Science Team.
Sunset Sail at Neah Bay
Coast Salish Canoe Journey 2009, preparation in Neah Bay. The journey pulled a water quality probe to measure salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen.
Coast Salish Canoe Journey 2009, preparation in Neah Bay. The journey pulled a water quality probe to measure salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen.
Northern Pintail Duck
Dr. Hiroyoshi Higuchi (left), Mr. Ken-ichi Tokita (right), and other cooperators from the University of Tokyo, work with USGS scientists to attach a satellite transmitter to the backs of northern pintail ducks on wintering areas of Northern Honshu, Japan.
Dr. Hiroyoshi Higuchi (left), Mr. Ken-ichi Tokita (right), and other cooperators from the University of Tokyo, work with USGS scientists to attach a satellite transmitter to the backs of northern pintail ducks on wintering areas of Northern Honshu, Japan.
Ecosystems of the West
Mountains, plains, soil, and grasses all work together as part of the natural ecosystems of the American West.
Mountains, plains, soil, and grasses all work together as part of the natural ecosystems of the American West.