Biology

The past decade encompasses some of the most extensive fire activity in recorded history. An area the size of Vermont (~24,000 km2) burned in a single Siberian fire in the […]

Tyler Coleman holds two harvested ducks that have been banded. Coleman wears a necklace of bands he’s collected over the years.  Each Band is a Memory and a Story  For

These data were compiled for Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) in southern Arizona, to support managment efforts of water resources and wildlife conservation. Objective(s) of our study were to

“You get paid to have fun—what more could you want?” said Amelia Tappler, a current high school senior from Douglasville, Ga., who attended the program this summer.  Some of the

First record of non-native Goniolimon tataricum found within a grassy field in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Photo credit: Daniel Coles. The cost of invasive control Controlling invasive species is expensive, and the

The Bird Banding Lab at USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center recently wrapped up the 41st banding season at the fall migration monitoring station on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS)

To help state, local and Tribal government officials, farmers, ranchers and land managers mitigate the threats from invasive species, the U.S. Geological Survey creates Flood and Storm Tracker maps that

“Notes From the Field” news articles highlight the continued importance of bird banding. This article was contributed by Abbey Butler, John Coluccy, Daria Sparks, Josh Stiller, Jacob Straub, Cassidy Waldrep,

River restoration efforts in the Columbia River Basin are commonly aimed at improving rearing habitat for fish and reducing mortality during other life stages. Habitat enhancement projects often include engineered

Title:  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Vaccine Trials for California Condors  Date:  December 6, 2024, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific  Speaker:  Todd Katzner, Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS Forest

Title:  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Vaccine Trials for California Condors  Date:  December 6, 2024, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific  Speaker:  Todd Katzner, Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS Forest

Utility-scale solar energy (USSE) is rapidly expanding and expected to compose the largest source of renewable-generated electricity in the United States and globally over the coming decades. Lands in the

Tribes manage over 56 million acres and are a part of well over 200 formal co-stewardship agreements.  DOI and USDA oversee over half a billion acres of lands and waters

On a global scale, wetland systems have been affected by climate extremes, changing sea level, and population growth, reducing their capacity to moderate storm surge, filter contaminants, store carbon, and

Shannon Meppelink and Kendra Markland attended the biannual Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) meeting on Thursday, October 24th to provide an update on the USGS-NPS Partnership project at Effigy Mounds