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Image: Miradiscops opal
Miradiscops opal
Miradiscops opal
Miradiscops opal

Miradiscops opal shell viewed with a scanning electron microscope.

Miradiscops opal shell viewed with a scanning electron microscope.

Image: Thysanophora caecoides
Thysanophora caecoides
Thysanophora caecoides
Thysanophora caecoides

Thysanophora caecoides shell viewed with a scanning electron microscope.

Image: Spiraxis sp.
Spiraxis sp.
Spiraxis sp.
Spiraxis sp.

Spiraxis sp. shell viewed with a scanning electron microscope with aperture facing up.

Spiraxis sp. shell viewed with a scanning electron microscope with aperture facing up.

Image: Studying Marsh Subsidence
Studying Marsh Subsidence
Studying Marsh Subsidence
Studying Marsh Subsidence

National Wetlands Research Center workers set bench marks to study marsh subsidence.

National Wetlands Research Center workers set bench marks to study marsh subsidence.

Image: Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)

Scanning shortnose sturgeon for PIT (Passive Integrated Transponder) identification tag, used to permanently mark fish.

Image: Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

Zoe Zyollewski handles an adult Atlantic salmon caught in the Connecticut River.

Image: Prairie Pothole Region
Prairie Pothole Region
Prairie Pothole Region
Image: Trawl Net Being Let Off From a Boat
Trawl Net Being Let Off From a Boat
Trawl Net Being Let Off From a Boat
Trawl Net Being Let Off From a Boat

Fishery biologists Gary Curtis and Renee Potter guide the trawl net as it is let out from the RV/Grayling into Lake Huron.

Fishery biologists Gary Curtis and Renee Potter guide the trawl net as it is let out from the RV/Grayling into Lake Huron.

Image: Sea Otter Ready for a Nap
Sea Otter Ready for a Nap
Sea Otter Ready for a Nap
Sea Otter Ready for a Nap

This southern sea otter is settling down to rest in a small patch of Egregia (feather boa kelp). Find more sea otter photos at the USFWS Ventura sea otter Flickr gallery.

This southern sea otter is settling down to rest in a small patch of Egregia (feather boa kelp). Find more sea otter photos at the USFWS Ventura sea otter Flickr gallery.

Image: Yellow bellied flycatcher
Yellow bellied flycatcher
Yellow bellied flycatcher
Yellow bellied flycatcher

Yellow bellied flycatcher in the Presidential Range, White Mountains, NH

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