USGS Friday’s Findings – November 8, 2024
Title: An ancient rock-climbing fish: science in support of Pacific LampreyDate: November 8, 2024, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific Speaker: Theresa “Marty” Liedtke, Research...
New breeding habitat discovered for rare Yellow-billed Cuckoos
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The western population of yellow-billed cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) was thought to nest only in mid-elevation riparian areas dominated by cottonwood and...
Directors Message: A Season of Change at the Western Fisheries Research Center
Jan Lovy, Ph.D. at work It’s October, and fall is upon us. Fall is a season of change. The days get shorter and colder, it’s...
Predicting when the grass is greener: new phenological forecasts for invasive annual grasses
Cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass, reduces ecosystem productivity, negatively impacts biodiversity, and is increasingly problematic in higher elevation ecosystems with climate change. Cheatgrass phenology (that...
Climate futures for lizards and snakes
Scientists gathered data on the recent distributions of 130 lizard and snake species found from Mexico to western Canada. The climate in each species’ current...
USGS Friday’s Findings – October 25, 2024
Sixteen years after Pd, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, was first recognized in New York, its range now extends to the Rocky...
Invasive flathead catfish impacting Susquehanna’s food chain, researchers find
ObjectiveFlathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris are a widespread aquatic invasive species within the United States and a recent invader in the Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania. Flathead Catfish are...
Special Issue of Rangeland Ecology and Management features USGS science in support of the Sagebrush Conservation Design
Encompassing over 175 million acres, America’s “Sagebrush Sea” is the largest terrestrial ecosystem in the lower 48 states. A predominately shrubland system, this landscape ranges...
Western Fisheries Research Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Meeting
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is responsible for oversight of the animal care and use program and the components as described in...
Friday’s Findings – October 11, 2024
One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, and ecosystems (Adisasmito and others, 2022)....