Mule deer are named for their large, mule-like ears that move independently and frequently, scanning the environment for sounds of predators such as mountain lions, coyotes, wolves and bobcats. California; Clear Lake highlands; buck; doe;
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Mule Deer
Mule deer are named for their large, mule-like ears that move independently and frequently, scanning the environment for sounds of predators such as mountain lions, coyotes, wolves and bobcats. California; Clear Lake highlands; buck; doe;
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Economist Anthony Good staff profile photo
Economist Anthony Good staff profile photo
Nicholas E Powell gives a thumbs up in front of lab equipment
Nicholas E Powell gives a thumbs up in front of lab equipmentNicholas E Powell stands in a lab in Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, showing a thumbs up, in front of lab equipment and multiple monitors
Nicholas E Powell gives a thumbs up in front of lab equipment
Nicholas E Powell gives a thumbs up in front of lab equipmentNicholas E Powell stands in a lab in Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, showing a thumbs up, in front of lab equipment and multiple monitors
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Anthony Good Economist profile photo
Anthony Good Economist profile photo
Installing monitoring equipment at Cape Cod, MA
USGS installs monitoring equipment at Cape Cod, MA.
Photo by Andrew Collins, New England WSC Maine Office, Honorable Mention.
USGS installs monitoring equipment at Cape Cod, MA.
Photo by Andrew Collins, New England WSC Maine Office, Honorable Mention.
Wetland monitoring in Sweet Hall Marsh, VA
Wetland monitoring in Sweet Hall Marsh, VA.
Photo by Thomas Doody, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Honorable Mention.
Wetland monitoring in Sweet Hall Marsh, VA.
Photo by Thomas Doody, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Honorable Mention.
USGS outreach at Fredericksburg Earth Day Festival
USGS outreach at Fredericksburg Earth Day FestivalUSGS outreach at Fredericksburg Earth Day Festival, VA.
Spring 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Javin Hatcherian, GEMSC, People category.
USGS outreach at Fredericksburg Earth Day Festival
USGS outreach at Fredericksburg Earth Day FestivalUSGS outreach at Fredericksburg Earth Day Festival, VA.
Spring 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Javin Hatcherian, GEMSC, People category.
Where we Work: USGS ADCP measurement and OTJ cableway training
Where we Work: USGS ADCP measurement and OTJ cableway trainingUSGS' Fred Brogan and Jeff Constantineau work on ADCP measurement and OTJ Cableway Training at Middle Fork River at Audra, WV.
Spring 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Jarrell Logan, VA-WV WSC, Where we Work category
Where we Work: USGS ADCP measurement and OTJ cableway training
Where we Work: USGS ADCP measurement and OTJ cableway trainingUSGS' Fred Brogan and Jeff Constantineau work on ADCP measurement and OTJ Cableway Training at Middle Fork River at Audra, WV.
Spring 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Jarrell Logan, VA-WV WSC, Where we Work category
Broken Ice near the Norwalk Cove Marina
Ice break up near the floating dock within the Norwalk Cove Marina looking upstream of a USGS sampling station.
Ice break up near the floating dock within the Norwalk Cove Marina looking upstream of a USGS sampling station.
Hydrologist Collects Shallow Soil from a Site in Goshen, Connecticut
Hydrologist Collects Shallow Soil from a Site in Goshen, ConnecticutA USGS hydrologist collects a shallow soil sample from a site in Goshen, Connecticut. This soil sample collection is part of a larger investigation in the state of Connecticut for the occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soils and shallow groundwater.
Hydrologist Collects Shallow Soil from a Site in Goshen, Connecticut
Hydrologist Collects Shallow Soil from a Site in Goshen, ConnecticutA USGS hydrologist collects a shallow soil sample from a site in Goshen, Connecticut. This soil sample collection is part of a larger investigation in the state of Connecticut for the occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soils and shallow groundwater.
Snowy Walk at Ferry Point on the Norwalk River
A snowy walk at Ferry Point in Norwalk, Connecticut, along the Norwalk River. Water quality parameters are collected by USGS streamgage 410643073243700 here.
A snowy walk at Ferry Point in Norwalk, Connecticut, along the Norwalk River. Water quality parameters are collected by USGS streamgage 410643073243700 here.
Frozen sample
U.S. Geological Survey Hydrological Technician, Meghan Santos, bores a hole in a frozen lake to take water quality samples on Long Pond, Lakeville, MA.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winer: Phillip Woodford, People Category
U.S. Geological Survey Hydrological Technician, Meghan Santos, bores a hole in a frozen lake to take water quality samples on Long Pond, Lakeville, MA.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winer: Phillip Woodford, People Category
USGS Streamgage on the Connecticut River with Infrastructure
USGS Streamgage on the Connecticut River with InfrastructureA view looking across the Connecticut River from a USGS streamgage in Suffield, Connecticut.
USGS Streamgage on the Connecticut River with Infrastructure
USGS Streamgage on the Connecticut River with InfrastructureA view looking across the Connecticut River from a USGS streamgage in Suffield, Connecticut.
USGS Streamgage on the Connecticut River
A view looking across the Connecticut River from a USGS streamgage in Suffield, Connecticut.
A view looking across the Connecticut River from a USGS streamgage in Suffield, Connecticut.
USGS at Work: Collecting mine waste geophysical data
USGS at Work: Collecting mine waste geophysical dataUSGS collects mine waste geophysical data at Tar Creek superfund site, OK.
Spring 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Alexander Taylor, GEMSC, USGS at Work category.
USGS at Work: Collecting mine waste geophysical data
USGS at Work: Collecting mine waste geophysical dataUSGS collects mine waste geophysical data at Tar Creek superfund site, OK.
Spring 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Alexander Taylor, GEMSC, USGS at Work category.
Geologic mapping
U.S. Geological Survey Geologist, Mercer Parker, examines water bearing fractures in gneiss rock while conducting geologic mapping in Amherst, NH.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Greg Walsh, USGS at Work
U.S. Geological Survey Geologist, Mercer Parker, examines water bearing fractures in gneiss rock while conducting geologic mapping in Amherst, NH.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Greg Walsh, USGS at Work
The Coakley Landfill Superfund Site
A view of the nort-facing slope of the Coakley Landfill Superfund Site in Northampton, New Hampshire. Pipes used to vent landfill gases can be seen in the distance.
A view of the nort-facing slope of the Coakley Landfill Superfund Site in Northampton, New Hampshire. Pipes used to vent landfill gases can be seen in the distance.
Fractures in the Breakfast Hill granite of the Rye Complex
Fractures in the Breakfast Hill granite of the Rye ComplexA fracture in granite within New Hampshire's Rye Complex, one of two lithotectonic belts in the state's coastal region.
Fractures in the Breakfast Hill granite of the Rye Complex
Fractures in the Breakfast Hill granite of the Rye ComplexA fracture in granite within New Hampshire's Rye Complex, one of two lithotectonic belts in the state's coastal region.
Where We Work
Photo of a U.S. Geological streamgage with additional solar panels added to help charge battery due to low light in the winter in Hancock, MA.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Salvador Amador, Where We Work category
Photo of a U.S. Geological streamgage with additional solar panels added to help charge battery due to low light in the winter in Hancock, MA.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Salvador Amador, Where We Work category
Aerial view of a fish research laboratory
Aerial view of the USGS S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory and Connecticut River at Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
Fall 2025 Photo Contest Winner: Shannon Fisher, Honorable Mention category
Aerial view of the USGS S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory and Connecticut River at Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
Fall 2025 Photo Contest Winner: Shannon Fisher, Honorable Mention category
Learn to Curl class
U.S. Geological Survey colleagues and friends on the ice at Ion Ice Rink following a Learn to Curl class in Leesburg, VA.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Jean Self-Trail, Honorable Mention
U.S. Geological Survey colleagues and friends on the ice at Ion Ice Rink following a Learn to Curl class in Leesburg, VA.
Winter 2026 Photo Contest Winner: Jean Self-Trail, Honorable Mention