USGS Friday's Findings - October 27th 2023
Title: Terrestrial-Aquatic linkages in the Nisqually River Delta Food WebSpeaker: Melanie Davis, Assistant Unit Leader - Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitsDate: October 27th at 2:00 pm...
View ArticleUSGS scientists collaborate with the Association of Fish and Wildlife...
USGS scientists from FORT with the North American Bat Monitoring Program are working with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) to standardize transportation structure assessments, data...
View Article3 Cool Ways USGS is Studying Bats in National Parks
From the latest wildlife tracking tech to collaboration with recreationalists, USGS scientists and partners are using innovative methods to study bats in national parks and get ahead of the threats...
View ArticleAmphibians have one more thing to worry about—mercury—large USGS study shows
RESTON, Va. — The first widescale assessment of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S. to date shows that, in amphibians, this toxic compound is common, widespread and, at least for some, can...
View ArticleUSGS and partners publish the first in a series of science syntheses to...
USGS is working with federal land management agencies to develop a series of science syntheses to support environmental effects analyses that agencies conduct to comply with the National Environmental...
View ArticlePathology Case of the Month - Mexican Wolf
Case History: An eight-year-old male captive Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) with clinical signs referrable to the central nervous system was euthanized by lethal injection in New York, USA. The...
View ArticleUSGS Ecosystems Science Leaders Receive the 2023 Presidential Rank Awards
Ecosystems Mission Area Associate Director Anne Kinsinger and Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Senior Research Scientist David Mech were among four USGS recipients of this year’s Presidential...
View ArticleFORT scientists publish an updated annotated bibliography of greater...
A recently published USGS Open-File Report compiles and summarizes 147 research products about greater sage-grouse published between 2019 and 2022.
View ArticleNew publication highlight - Environmental surveillance and detection of...
New publication alert!Environmental surveillance and detection of viable highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Iowa wetland.
View ArticleResearch Explores Conservation Strategies for Shifting Walleye Populations
Given the challenges that warming waters pose to walleye populations, USGS researchers created a data-rich “RAD Walleye Tool” that can help managers determine which lakes are the best candidates for...
View ArticleFORT geneticist Scott Cornman uses data mining to gain new insights into a...
A new paper on an enigmatic giant virus of honey bees, Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV), was recently authored by FORT geneticist (Robert) Scott Cornman as an example of how mining big data...
View ArticleFORT scientists develop density-habitat relationships and density...
FORT scientists Nicholas Van Lanen, Adrian Monroe, and Cameron Aldridge recently published population trends and density-habitat associations for 11 songbird species using summertime point count data...
View ArticleOn a golden wing and a prayer: your actions can give birds a better chance of...
Although we may feel worlds apart, we are connected by migratory birds. In turn, migratory birds are connected to us and directly affected by our actions.
View ArticleWhy we have better maps of Mars than of the seafloor—and what USGS is doing...
The ocean covers 71% of Earth’s surface. We know only a small fraction of what the land beneath the waves looks like.
View ArticleWaste not, want not: How USGS capabilities enhance COVID-19 wastewater...
You can tell a lot about someone’s health from their body’s waste. If you are fighting an infectious illness, you flush away more than yesterday’s lunch. It may be off-putting, but checking wastewater...
View ArticleUSGS Friday's Findings—December 1, 2023
Title: Adaptive capacity as a lens to inform decisions on conservation status, invasive species, & climate-adaptation actions Speaker: Erik Beever, Research Ecologist, USGS Northern Rocky Mountain...
View ArticleCall for Nominations: Experts and Fellows for IPBES Biodiversity Monitoring
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is seeking experts and fellows from a range of disciplines, including but not limited to, ecology, evolution, social...
View ArticleClimate R&D Poster Sessions and Presentations at the 2023 AGU Meeting
Are you attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this year in San Francisco? Don't miss these presentations and poster sessions related to work in the USGS Climate Research &...
View ArticleFORT Research Economist Aaron Enriquez to present research on salmon...
USGS Research Economist Aaron Enriquez was invited to travel to the University of Alaska Anchorage to participate in a series of meetings with researchers working on topics related to marine Arctic...
View ArticleGoing to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine
When resource specialists with the National Park Service noticed some peculiar patterns in Ponderosa pine trees in their park, they sent out a call to Department of Interior partners. They were looking...
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