Last year, biologists at Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex in New York conducted a survey to determine which bat species call Long Island home.
There’s nothing quite like the thrill of reeling one in. Sun-shining, cool breeze on your face, the excitement of feeling the line tug, and the delicate art of reeling in your prize.
This week is National Pollinator Week (June 19–24), and here at the USFWS we are excited to be joining in on the celebration because we know how critical it is to keep pollinators around…
Have you ever held a juvenile brook trout in your hand?
Up until last week my answer to that would have been no.
John Smith, Jacques Cousteau, Rachel Carson. People have long recognized the significance of the Chesapeake Bay: it is the largest estuary in the nation, a corridor for migrating American shad and striped bass, a nursery for juvenile fish and blue crab, and the…