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Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, graduate student at the Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, takes First Place award-winning poster, “Beyond the shell: Exploring the dimensions of sea turtle take in Bocas del Toro, Panama, Conservation Posters at the 44th International Sea Turtle Symposium in Kona, Hawaii.

 

Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, a graduate student at our Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, took First Place in Conservation Posters at the 44th International Sea Turtle Symposium in Kona, Hawaii (March 2026)! WTG!!!

Fish on! The new book, Understanding Recreational Fishers, brings together experts from the social sciences to explain how recreational fishing can be studied where people and the environment are closely linked. The book is useful for the public, students, social scientists, and ecologists.

A graphic depiction of what banders can learn from banding information. 

This is an image of a scientist holding a Pinto Abalone. Pinto abalone, once a familiar presence in Washington’s coastal ecosystems, have suffered a decline since.

This is an illustration of a Pinto abalone.

This is an image of a boat propeller with an invasive mussel infestation.

Two black bass (Micropterus spp.) caught during the 2026 Bassmaster Classic in Knoxville, TN held on the Tennessee River. The fish on the left is a smallmouth bass, the fish on the right is what is known by bass anglers as a “meanmouth,” which is a hybrid between Alabama bass (M. henshalli) and smallmouth bass (M. dolomieu). Tom Miles, TTU PhD student.

This is a photo of scientist, Ramona Rapp, holding a Lost River Sucker that was tagged in Klamath Falls, OR.

Clayton Raines, PhD, is a fish biologist at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in Leetown, WV.

Hatchery vulnerability range for key zebra mussel (Dreissena polumorpha) and quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) parameters. If your hatchery is within range of all the vulnerability parameters for a given organism, it is at risk for settlement.

This is an infographic detailing 6PPDQ toxicity levels in different fish species.

Scientists at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center have been working on vaccines to protect bats from diseases like such as rabies and white-nose syndrome. The most promising method is called orotopical vaccination. By applying the vaccine to the bat’s muzzle, the gel-based vaccine is spread to others in the colony through grooming.

This photo is from USGS Western Fisheries Research Center’s field work on the lower Salmon River this past Fall. Partnering with the Nez Perce Tribe, Rhodes and his team were counting the number of fall Chinook salmon nests, known as redds, with a drone piloted from a jet boat.

A USGS scientist reaches for a microbiological plate with cultures from salamander skin to investigate for potential pathogens.

A USGS scientist prepares to analyze a skin swab from a salamander to investigate for potential pathogens.

A USGS scientist examines microorganisms from salamander skin to investigate for potential pathogens.

A USGS scientist examines a skin sample from a salamander as part of a study to investigate for potential pathogens.

The exterior of FIDO, a new instrument developed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the USGS Rapid eDNA Assessment and Deployment Initiative and Network (READI-Net) project.

Red mangrove and brown pelicans at Ten Thousand Islands, Florida. Ecosystems are more than a static collection of plants and animals. An ecosystem is a dynamic set of processes that supports species and with which species interact.  Ecosystems don’t just have structure, they have functions.

These are two USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientists, Carl Ostberg and Jeff Duda (from left to right), sitting on a fallen tree in Skagit, WA. These scientists study critical fish, like salmon, in the Ross Dam reservoir and tributaries.