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A large metal arch against a bright blue sky.
Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri
Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri
Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri

Can you find something around you that reminds you of a rock arch? www.usgs.gov/findafeature

Can you find something around you that reminds you of a rock arch? www.usgs.gov/findafeature

A rock covered with invertebrates to include large orange and purple sea stars, green, shell-covered anomenes, and black mussels
Intertidal Zone Invertebrates
Intertidal Zone Invertebrates
Intertidal Zone Invertebrates

This rock is covered with invertebrate animals over nearly the entire surface including orange and purple sea stars, green anemones spotted with shell debris of other animals, and black mussels.

 

This rock is covered with invertebrate animals over nearly the entire surface including orange and purple sea stars, green anemones spotted with shell debris of other animals, and black mussels.

 

Looking skyward at a canopy of deciduous trees on a sunny day.
Deciduous trees in Reston, Virginia
Deciduous trees in Reston, Virginia
Deciduous trees in Reston, Virginia

Decidous trees in Reston, Virginia. Photo taken for Arbor Day 2021 near USGS Headquarters.

Decidous trees in Reston, Virginia. Photo taken for Arbor Day 2021 near USGS Headquarters.

Videos

inventor thumbnail I Am An...Inventor
I Am An...Inventor
I Am An...Inventor

Welcome to the “I Am A..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.

Welcome to the “I Am A..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.

Natural resource economist I Am A...Natural Resource Economist
I Am A...Natural Resource Economist
I Am A...Natural Resource Economist

Welcome to the “I Am A(n)..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.

Welcome to the “I Am A(n)..." series, a whiteboard animation video series highlighting USGS careers.

What I Love About My Job
What I Love About My Job
What I Love About My Job

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)? We asked a handful of our scientists what they love about their jobs. Here's what they had to say about that...
 

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)? We asked a handful of our scientists what they love about their jobs. Here's what they had to say about that...
 

What (or who) Inspired Me to Become a Scientist?
What (or who) Inspired Me to Become a Scientist?
What (or who) Inspired Me to Become a Scientist?

Have you ever wondered what (or who) inspired our employees to become scientists? This video, created for the 2021 Bring a Kid to Work Day event, asks that question of a handful of USGS scientists.
 

Have you ever wondered what (or who) inspired our employees to become scientists? This video, created for the 2021 Bring a Kid to Work Day event, asks that question of a handful of USGS scientists.
 

Surface Tension and Water
Surface Tension and Water
Surface Tension and Water

Surface tension performs many duties that are vitally important to the environment and people. This video briefly covers Surface tension.
 

Surface tension performs many duties that are vitally important to the environment and people. This video briefly covers Surface tension.
 

Adhesion and Cohesion of Water
Adhesion and Cohesion of Water
Adhesion and Cohesion of Water

Adhesion and Cohesion are water properties that affect how water interacts with itself and with other things like leaves and even you! This video briefly talks about these two amazing properties of water.
 

Adhesion and Cohesion are water properties that affect how water interacts with itself and with other things like leaves and even you! This video briefly talks about these two amazing properties of water.
 

Audio

An invasive Cuban treefrog in New Orleans, LA.
An invasive Cuban treefrog in New Orleans, LA.
An invasive Cuban treefrog in New Orleans, LA.
Outstanding in the Field (Ep 4): Amphibian Surveys – Call of the Frog
Outstanding in the Field (Ep 4): Amphibian Surveys – Call of the Frog
An invasive Cuban treefrog in New Orleans, LA.
An invasive Cuban treefrog in New Orleans, LA.
An invasive Cuban treefrog in New Orleans, LA.
Outstanding in the Field (Ep 4): Amphibian Surveys – Call of the Frog

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe the USGS’s efforts to track frog populations in the southeast United States. 

 

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area brings you Outstanding in the Field, a series of stories about our science, our adventures, and our efforts to better understand our fish and wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. In this episode we describe the USGS’s efforts to track frog populations in the southeast United States.