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This Barred Owl was fearless in Baton Rouge, LA

A Forster's tern nest with eggs near San Francisco Bay.

Conservation Canine alerts his handler that Pacific pocket mouse scent

Fathead minnow

Microcystis is one of the most common bloom-forming cyanobacteria, AKA, blue-green algae.  Many strains of this species produce a family of potent liver toxins, the microcystins.

Dave Slager (Ohio State Univ.) tracks a radio-tagged yellow-rumped warbler to determine habitat use and length of stay during migration stopover at Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge.  This was a collaborative project involving USGS, USFWS and Ohio State Univ.

The Bumblebee Gecko (Nactus kunan), from Papua New Guinea was discovered in 2010, and described as a new species in 2012. The yellow and black gecko is about 5 inches long.

The Bumblebee Gecko (Nactus kunan), from Papua New Guinea was discovered in 2010, and described as a new species in 2012. The yellow and black gecko is about 5 inches long.

The Bumblebee Gecko (Nactus kunan), from Papua New Guinea was discovered in 2010, and described as a new species in 2012.

The Bumblebee Gecko (Nactus kunan), from Papua New Guinea was discovered in 2010, and described as a new species in 2012. The yellow and black gecko is about 5 inches long.

Captured and banded Northern Waterthrush that was radio-tagged as part of a radio telemetry project studying habitat use and length of stay during migration stopover. This was a collaborative project involving USGS, USFWS and Ohio State Univ.

Great Blue Heron at Bennet Springs State Park.

Solar panels or arrays of photovoltaic cells convert renewable solar radiation into electricity by a clean and environmentally sound means. Collected solar energy can either be used instantly or stored in batteries for later use.

Solar panels or arrays of photovoltaic cells convert renewable solar radiation into electricity by a clean and environmentally sound means. Collected solar energy can either be used instantly or stored in batteries for later use.

Solar panels or arrays of photovoltaic cells convert renewable solar radiation into electricity by a clean and environmentally sound means. Collected solar energy can either be used instantly or stored in batteries for later use.

Greater sage-grouse silhouette.

Portuguese man o' war washed onto a sandy beach.

By-the-wind sailor jellyfish washed onto a sandy beach as well as shells and clumps of Sargassum seaweed.

Ilya the manatee, famous for swimming up the Atlantic in the summer of 2009, photographed at a dock near Miami, Florida in March 2010

Ilya the manatee, famous for swimming up the Atlantic in the summer of 2009, is recognizeable in part due to the white scar on his head.

Ilya the manatee swimming under a dock near Miami in March 2010 as other manatees swim nearby.