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Illustration by Elizabeth "Lizzy" Lang, Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University.

Illustration (paper and mechanical pen) by Valerie Hinojoza-Rood, Post doc, Oregon State University. Mule deer and yearling migrating through eastern Oregon shrublands.

Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) are an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that provide a wide range of ecological, economic, and historically important services such as ecotourism for local communities- and bringing marine derived nutrients to terrestrial habitats.

The ringtail is a small, secretive, omnivorous, nocturnal relative of the raccoon that occurs in southwestern Oregon, the most northern portion of the species range.

Illustration by Morgan Stum, master’s student, Penn State University.

Tufted puffins are an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that provide a wide range of ecological, economic, and historically important services such as ecotourism for local communities- and bringing marine derived nutrients to terrestrial habitats.

This original photograph was taken during field work for her project looking at ringtail demographics and habitat use in southwestern Oregon.

The barn owl is a secretive species that is seldom observed during daylight hours away from its roosts and is one of the least vocal owls. They are difficult to detect at night except when they have large young in the nest.

Morgan Stum is a master’s student at Penn State University, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Morgan is leading research on stream fish communities in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia and the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Composite image/poster of several North American darter photographs captured via electrofishing for Morgan’s master’s project. North American darters are a widely threatened subfamily of freshwater fishes, with little known about their larval ecology.

The Topeka Shiner is federally endangered and has experienced drastic reductions in its distribution. In Missouri, the Topeka Shiner has undergone a drastic reduction in distributional range over the last half century, leaving few remaining known populations.

Adult tufted puffin feeds fish to a juvenile puffin. Illustration by Carina Kusaka. Permission agreement on file. 

Seals swim along the Oregon Coast. Modeling animal movement through landscapes is a key component to understanding population

ecology, how populations can be managed, how human actions impact the population.

Tufted puffin flying over the Oregon Coast. The Tufted Puffin – a seabird of the North Pacific Rim – has evinced steep declines off the west coast of the continental United States in recent years, but it is less clear that the species is declining in the northern portion of its range.

Lizzy Lang, graduate research assistant, Iowa State University, leads research on Blanding’s Turtle. Lizzy’s project helps decision-makers in Iowa and Illinois to make informed decisions about the endangered Blanding’s turtle.

Airboat docked at a slough near the Columbia River. Researchers gaze at the swarms of gulls, terns, pelicans, and swallows on our way to a sampling site.

Brielle K Thompson is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Brielle is a Master's student in the Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management program at the University of Washington. She is co-advised by Dr. Sarah Converse and Dr. Julian Olden.

USGS researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are using trail cameras to track bobcats, black bears and coyotes across New York. They’re creating an online database where you can report your wildlife sightings.

Northern Mexican Garter Snake. Arizona USA. Created 08/03/2023. The northern Mexican gartersnake (Thamnophis eques; hereafter NMGS) is a federally threatened species occurring in riparian areas in central and southeast Arizona and west-central New Mexico (source: USFWS Cooperator Science Series Report).

USGS researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are using trail cameras to track bobcats, black bears, and coyotes across New York. The researchers created an online database where the public can report wildlife sightings.

USGS researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are using trail cameras to track bobcats, black bears, and coyotes across New York. The researchers created an online database where the public can report wildlife sightings.