Flame Skimmer may be our most conspicuous dragonfly – the one most likely to be seen and commented upon by the general public. It is large, bright orange-red, and males perch conspicuously over ponds and lakes. Flame Skimmer is a bright...
A short-tailed albatross hatched on Eastern Island, one of three small flat coral islands that comprise Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge about 1,200 miles northwest of Honolulu. This marks the first confirmed hatching of a short-tailed...
A male short-tailed albatross protects his chick among other nesting birds. FWS Biologists keep a safe distance using telephoto lenses to get photos of the chick hatched by a Short-tailed albatross pair.
Panoramic view of Spit Island from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Eastern Island sand is in the foreground with Spit Island in the distance. Spit Island is only approximately 15 acres in size.
Aerial photo of long fence line running across wide, flat plain; mountains in distance; three pick-up trucks circling unidentified object. Probably North Slope.
Porcupine Caribou Herd in the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, with the Brooks Range mountains in the distance to the south.