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Oily produced water collected from an oil well for U.S. Geological Survey laboratory analysis. Photo credit: Bonnie McDevitt.

Five ways climate change affects reptiles.

Graphic created by VSFS intern, Louise Johansson.

A honey bee (Apis mellifera) is spotted on a sunflower. National Honey Bee Day is observed on the third Saturday in August. 

Image that shows the research framework for the Environmental Health Program's Source to Receptor Research for Environmental Contaminants

Historic cans from a refuse pile that were scorched by the combustion of nearby fuels during the Caldor Fire, California. Copyright: photo taken by Grant Snitker, New Mexico Consortium. 

Setting up fuel transects within an archaeological site at Sequoia National Park to understand potential future fire behavior and how it could affect artifacts within the site. Pictured: Grant Snitker (foreground) and Alex Fetteroff (background), New Mexico Consortium. Copyright: Photo by Grant Snitker, New Mexico Consortium. 

Nighttime collection of adult aquatic insects using a vacuum aspirator on a white sheet illuminated by blacklight. Photo Taken by Laura Hubbard, USGS

Collection of aquatic invertebrates in the field. Photo taken by Laura Hubbard, USGS.

A precontact rockshelter and associated artifacts impacted by the combustion of heavy fuels during the KNP Complex Fire, California. Copyright: photo by Grant Snitker, New Mexico Consortium. 

Using terrestrial LiDAR to characterize fuels within an archaeological site at Sequoia National Park site to understand potential future fire behavior and its effects on artifacts. Copyright: Photo by Grant Snitker, New Mexico Consortium. 

Elaine Nakash educates visitors and volunteers alike at the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory's display table, which was setup for the Latino Conservation Week event at the National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge. 

These brine flies are an important fuel source for migratory birds, giving them energy for long flights. 

These scientists are working on The Great Salt Lake to determine the amount of water and qualities of it. This will help them in developing better management techniques that will work to support the migratory birds that frequent the area. 

This passive acoustic recording device has been deployed in Montana (MT) as part of the North American Bat Monitoring Programs (NABat) summertime survey efforts. It has an ultrasonic microphone placed at the top of a 10ft pole that records echolocating bats fro

An inside look at an MBARI autonomous environmental DNA (eDNA) sampler that is normally in metal housing taking samples in streams to detect aquatic invasive species, pathogens, and parasites. This version weighs about 400 pounds, but future versions will be more portable.  

Image of a western meadowlark, a grassland-dwelling bird species. Credit: USFWS, public domain

Boaters fly fishing on the Missouri River in Montana                                                                                       

USGS scuba divers collect bottom water for environmental-DNA and nutrient analysis. Photo credit: Shelby Eagan, USGS.

USGS scientists prepare to sample for environmental AIV at an impoundment at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin

Biologists measure the bill length of a GPS-tagged Red-footed Booby for the Palmyra Blue Water project.

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Reef manta rays were one of 10 pelagic species tagged in a new effort to understand marine habitat use and the functionality of the large "blue water" marine protected area surrounding Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef in the central eastern Pacific Ocean.

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