A Laysan albatross is stuck in debris on Eastern Island after a tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck the refuge at 11:36 PM on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours. On March 15, FWS released...
A man and child view the Service's "Buyer Beware" exhibit in Logan airport, Boston, MA. The display is designed to showcase illegal animal products and educate travelers about the hazards of buying products made from endangered species...
A multidisciplinary education guide for grades 2-12 (with sections on "How to Adapt" for Preschool - 1st grade, home schools, youth groups, and nature centers)
A photograph of Sal Amato, Northeast Region Law Enforcement Special Agent in Charge, and ivory tusks on display at the Service's "Buyer Beware" exhibit in Logan airport, Boston, MA. The display is designed to showcase illegal animal...
Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;coastal environments;wildlife refuges;aquatic environments;estuarine environments;
A Place for Nature. The Aransas and Matagorda Island Refuges were established to protect a variety of vanishing coastal Texas wildlife, including many types of birds, as well as mammals and reptiles.
Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;wildlife refuges;wildlife conservation;videography;
A Place for Wildlife and People. Wildlife plays the starring role on a stage of stunning habitats in this captivating story of America's National Wildlife Refuge System.
A rare shorebird, superficially resembles the Lesser Yellowlegs, but about the size of a Solitary Sandpiper. Has yellow-green legs; AMNWR; birding; habitat; biology; Aleutian Islands; Aleutians; WOSA
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 snow leopard skin on display as part of the Service's "Buyer Beware" exhibit located in Logan airport, Boston, MA. The exhibit is designed to educate travelers about the hazards of purchasing wildlife products abroad that are made from...
Connecting people with nature; Youth; Work of the Service; Education; Education outreach; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); uniforms; service patch;
A student gets up close with a bird at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge while learning about birding from an USFWS employee.
A white flower among gray rocks.An image of a white flower among red rock. Western North Dakota is the easternmost limit of the range of the beautiful gumbo lily. The plant occurs in nearly all of our western states.
This short, tufted plant is...
A Wildlife Inspector talking with travelers at the Service's "Buyer Beware" exhibit in Logan airport, Boston, MA. The exhibit is designed to educate travelers about the hazards of purchasing wildlife products abroad that are made from...
Abstract: The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus, hereafter manatee), inhabiting Puerto Rico’s coastal waters, is a subspecies of the endangered West Indian manatee (Federal Register, July 22, 1985. Vol. 50(140):29900-29909). Habitat...
