Images

A strip of primarily native vegetation restored around a small private pond in Garrett County, Maryland, to act as a runoff buffer and to provide habitat for wildlife.

Haleakala silversword, Argyroxyphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum, in bloom, with Haleakala Volcano crater in background.

A colony of African penguins on coastal land, with nesting burrows. This species is considered vulnerable by the IUCN.

African penguin fledglings and adults. This species is considered vulnerable by the IUCN.

This photograph, taken from a seaside cliff, features two coconut palms.

Moose in urban environment.

Moose in urban environment.

A branch of the Pandanus tree.

A roadway through the lower valley of the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

An endangered Olulu plant, also known as Cabbage on a stick.

The mountains that encompass Hawaii's Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

The stream that flows down Kauai's Limahuli valley as it passes through the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

USGS researchers collect surface water from a rice field weir box using trace-metal clean techniques.

A mango tree with two or three dozen ripening mangos.

A Pandanus tree with prominent aerial roots on a cliff-top at Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

USGS researchers sampling sediment from newly flooded rice fields, during growing season.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Unidentified species of baby spiders hatching and dispersing.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.