Images

Depiction of a land cover viewer embedded within the Upper Mississippi River System Land Cover Change Story Map which allows users to summarize the area of each pool according to each land cover type and year combination.

This is an infographic describing sky glow. This is part of a study on how artificial light at night affects salmon predation in Seattle, Washington.

This is an illustration of how light behaves in the waters of Lake Washington. This is part of a study on how artificial light at night affects salmon predation.

An oak grove.

Early detection and rapid response are critical to controlling the spread of New World Screwworm, a blowfly pest that has re-emerged in the U.S.

Early detection and rapid response are critical to controlling the spread of New World Screwworm, a blowfly pest that has re-emerged in the U.S.

Two USGS biologists conducting marine bird and mammal surveys as part of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Long Term Monitoring program. The surveys provide estimates of the species composition, relative abundance, and distribution of all marine birds and mammals within the nearshore zone.

An eel ladder constructed along the Eden Mill Damn to help American eels make their way up and over the water. 

The barrel that the eels go into after they make it up the eel ladder at Eden Mill. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist collecting an environmental DNA (eDNA) sample at Alchesay National Fish Hatchery in Arizona. (Image by Jennifer Graves, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist collecting an environmental DNA (eDNA) sample at Alchesay National Fish Hatchery in Arizona. (Image by Jennifer Graves, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey employees tour the greenhouse in Joshua Tree National Park greenhouse. The plants growing in the Joshua Tree National Park greenhouse will be used for revegetation and restoration efforts in the park.

U.S. Geological Survey employees (from left to right) Matthew Clark, Laura Shriver, Morgan Cheyney, and Sarah Birchard after collecting data for the Land Treatment Digital Library at the Bureau of Land Management Phoenix District Office. 

USGS employees Matthew Clark, Laura Shriver, Morgan Cheyney, and Sarah Birchard celebrate data collection for the Land Treatment Digital Library at the Phoenix Bureau of Land Management District Office, Arizona.

Sarah Birchard (USGS) and Meghan Stan (NPS) explore habitat in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Photos by Laura Shriver (USGS).

USGS employee Laura Shriver collects RestoreNet data in northern Arizona in a field of native globemallows (Sphaeralcea parvifolia). Photo by Sarah Birchard (USGS).

A native globemallow plant blooms in the Joshua Tree National Park greenhouse. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).

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.