Law enforcement; International affairs; Employees (USFWS);
General brochure about wildlife inspection as a career. Wildlife inspectors of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are the front-line defense against the illegal wildlife trade, a criminal enterprise that threatens species worldwide. These...
Logging at White River National Wildlife Refuge by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Very large tree trunk being transported on a large 8-wheeled cart; driver sits at the head of the vehicle in the center. More felled logs are on the left. Wood...
Wood bison are the largest native land mammals in the Western Hemisphere, 10 to 15% heavier than plains bison. Bulls are slightly larger than cows and average around 1,800 pounds, but can get up to 2,000 pounds. Both males and females have short...
Eight-point buck standing in dry grass with big blue sky at National Bison Range. For more information about this refuge visit http://www.fws.gov/bisonrange/nbr/.
Maps; Mapping; GIS; Geospatial; Agriculture; Amphibians; Anadromous species; Aquatic animals; Aquatic birds; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Birds; Chemical industry; City environments; Environmental quality; Farms and farming; Fisheries...
The Tualatin River watershed, which contains the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, is a mix of urban, industrial, and rural land use. This map is intended to show the intersection of potential contaminant...
Marine ecology; Climate change; Climate effects; Podcast; Public Lecture;
Randy Olson was a professor of marine biology at the University of New Hampshire. Despite his Harvard Ph.D., four years of post-doctoral research in Australia and Florida, and years of diving around the world from the Great Barrier Reef to...
This is a 30-second mp3 audio clip of a whale "blowing." What do we mean when we say a whale "blows?" While a whale is holding its breath, air is compressed in its chest. Upon reaching the surface, the air is exhaled through the...
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...