Images

White pelicans on the James River, North Dakota, summer 2008.

Common in Louisiana, although amphibian declines are a global problem. Are we next?

Little brown bat with fungus on muzzle.

Changes to greater sage-grouse distribution in the American West predicted by a new scientific model based on extensive study of sage-grouse range contraction. "Likely secure populations" indicates areas where sage-grouse are present and currently stable. "Currently extirpated" indicates areas where sage-grouse are now locally extinct, as the model predicted.

Laughing gull sitting atop a guano-streaked boulder beside a Caribbean beach. Species identification is tentative.

Laughing gull sitting atop a guano-streaked boulder beside a Caribbean beach. Species identification is tentative.

Pacific pocket mouse in hand

Caribbean sunset as seen from the British Virgin Islands.

Caribbean sunset as seen from the British Virgin Islands.

Sandy Caribbean beach in the British Virgin Islands.

Caribbean trail at "The Baths," a coastal National Park in the British Virgin Islands.

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Assorted cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Yellow poinciana growing as a landscape ornamental in the British Virgin Islands. Species identification is tentative.

Golden early morning sunlight on a dry, rocky headland. Note the pelican, the cacti, and the xeric vegetation.

Contrastingly shadowed sand dune ripples at Great Sand Dunes National Park.

This picture, taken June 6, 2008 at Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge near Benoit, MS, shows a shallow pond in a former agricultural area planted with hardwood tree species typical of restoration areas in the Mississippi Delta region of northwestern Mississippi.

Three geese at a farm in East Texas. Two are displaying a defensive warning behavior, which was accompanied by a loud hissing sound.