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May 22, 2013: USGS Study Confirms U.S. Amphibian Populations Declining at Precipitous Rates
May 15, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update May 1-15, 2013
Apr 30, 2013: Apr 16, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update April 16-30, 2013
Apr 16, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update April 1-15, 2013
Mar 31, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update March 16-31, 2013
Mar 15, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update March 1-15, 2013
Mar 08, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update February 1-28, 2013
Jan 31, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update January 16-31, 2013
Jan 17, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update January 1-15, 2013
Dec 20, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update December 1-31, 2012
Nov 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update November 16-30, 2012
Nov 20, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update November 1-15, 2012
Oct 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update October 1-31, 2012
Oct 24, 2012: Malaria Transmission Peaks at Much Cooler Temperatures than Previously Predicted
Sep 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update September 16-30, 2012
Sep 28, 2012: White Shark Diets Vary with Age and Among Individuals
Sep 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update September 1-15, 2012
Aug 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update August 16-31, 2012
Aug 21, 2012: Recovery Slows for California’s Sea Otters, 2012 Survey Shows
Aug 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update August 1-15, 2012
Aug 06, 2012: USGS Science at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting
Jul 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update July 16-31, 2012
Jul 16, 2012: USGS Science at the Society for Conservation Biology
Jul 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update July 1-15, 2012
Jun 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update June 16-30, 2012
Jun 18, 2012: Housing Arrangement, Location Determine Structure Loss in Southern California Wildfires
Jun 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update June 1-15, 2012
May 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update May 16-31, 2012
May 30, 2012: Public Lecture: Restoring the Wild Heart of South San Francisco Bay
May 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update May 1-15, 2012
May 09, 2012: Earthquakes & Science Made Simpler at USGS Open House, May 19-20
Apr 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Apr. 16-30, 2012
Apr 18, 2012: New ’Bumblebee’ Gecko Discovered in Papua New Guinea
Apr 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Apr. 1-15, 2012
Apr 09, 2012: Mountain Lion Captured, Collared and Released in Griffith Park Area
Mar 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Mar. 16-31, 2012
Mar 20, 2012: Public Lecture: Projected Climate Change Impacts in California
Mar 20, 2012: Another Vertebrate Species Reported Extinct from the Hawaiian Islands
Mar 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Mar. 1-15, 2012
Feb 29, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Feb. 16-29, 2012
Feb 27, 2012: Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Transmitted During Summer in California Wetlands
Feb 27, 2012: Cradle of Flames: New Book Explains How Wildfires Shape Southern California and other ‘Mediterranean’ Ecosystems
Feb 24, 2012: Number of Dead California Sea Otters Recovered in 2011 a Record High
Feb 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Feb. 1-15, 2012
Feb 03, 2012: Domestic Cats, and Wild Bobcats and Pumas, Living in Same Area Have Same Diseases
Jan 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Jan. 16-31, 2012
Oct 25, 2011: Learn and Have Fun with USGS at the Bay Area Science Festival
Oct 25, 2011: Life and Death on Alcatraz: Free USGS Bird Lecture on Oct. 29 at Fort Mason
Sep 23, 2011: Weather Conditions Prevent California Sea Otter Annual Population Survey
Aug 09, 2011: Murre Seabird Chicks Hatch for the First Time in 100 Years on the Channel Islands
Aug 01, 2011: Biologists to Conduct Sea Otter Expedition from Forks, Wash.
Jul 26, 2011: Common Parasite Potentially Increases Risk of Brain Cancers
Jul 21, 2011: Parasites Help Revise Ecological Theory
Jun 28, 2011: Genetic Analysis Splits Desert Tortoise into Two Species
Jun 02, 2011: Federal Conservation Cooperative Is Newest Addition to Sacramento State Campus
May 16, 2011: Anchors Aweigh for Alaska Sea Otter Expedition Investigating Coastal Health
Mar 24, 2011: Wild Birds May Play a Role in the Spread of Bird Flu
Feb 15, 2011: Fire Suppression Hurts Carbon Storage of Dry Temperate Forests
Sep 20, 2010: Southern California urbanization isolates wildlife, promotes inbreeding
Sep 10, 2010: Sea otter deaths linked to toxin from freshwater bacteria
Aug 24, 2010: Rare Tadpoles Released for First Time into Wild Stream
Aug 03, 2010: California Sea Otter Numbers Drop Again
May 10, 2010: Biosecurity Plan for Palmyra Atoll
Mar 30, 2010: USGS Launches Multidisciplinary Investigation of Northeast Pacific Sea Otter Populations and Nearshore Ecosystems
Mar 15, 2010: Box Springs Field Station Relocated
Feb 21, 2010: A Miracle Washed Away (California Report), February 19-21, 2010
Feb 19, 2010: Endangered frogs face new threats (Living on Earth)
Jan 15, 2010: Famous Frogs That Escaped California Fire Threatened by Mudslides, Red Tape (On Earth Magazine).
Jan 15, 2010: New studies point to ‘carbon starvation’ as a cause for tree mortality (ClimateWire).
Jan 12, 2010: New Research Findings Can Improve Avian Flu Surveillance Programs (USGS news release).
Jan 10, 2010: Parasite Manipulators - A short documentary, featuring Dr. Kevin Lafferty, on trematode parasites that manipulate fish behavior.
Dec 20, 2009: Response to "Do dead trees tell tales?" - Johnson et al.'s critique of van Mantgem et al.'s "Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States"
Nov 11, 2009: Nisqally Delta Restoration Website
Oct 02, 2009: Toxic Snow Takes Toll on Tadpoles
Sep 23, 2009: From Ducks on Doppler to Climate Change: USGS at The Wildlife Society
Sep 02, 2009: Sea Otter Health, Pollution and Revealing Genes
Sep 02, 2009: 2009 Spring Survey Shows Drop in California Sea Otter Numbers
Aug 14, 2009: San Francisco Bay-Estuary Science: Day-Long Symposium at AAAS Meeting
Aug 04, 2009: Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
Aug 04, 2009: Endangered Frog Takes a Leap Forward
Aug 04, 2009: Guzzlers Satisfy Summer Thirst of Desert Bighorn Sheep
Aug 04, 2009: Horn-ucopia of Coast Horned Lizards
Jul 29, 2009: Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
Jul 24, 2009: Biologists Rediscover Endangered Frog Population
Jul 21, 2009: For Horned Lizard, Horns Alone Do Not Make the Species
Jul 02, 2009: Protecting Tortoises by Understanding Their Habitat
Jun 30, 2009: California Sea Otter Numbers Drop
Jun 10, 2009: Where There’s Fire, There’s … Global Warming?
May 21, 2009: New Tool Predicts Potential Desert Tortoise Habitat
May 13, 2009: Ecologists Question Effects of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases
May 12, 2009: Biologist Keith Miles Receives 2008 USGS Western Region Diversity Award in Supervisor Category
May 07, 2009: Small Lake Invader Tilts the Mercury Scales
Apr 10, 2009: Satellite-Tracked Birds from India Will Provide Clues on How Avian Influenza Spreads: International Team Conducts Research
Apr 10, 2009: USGS Scientist Recognized for Research Achievements in Parasitology
Mar 18, 2009: Food Choices and Location Influence California Sea Otter Exposure to Disease
Feb 13, 2009: Satellite-Tracked Birds from India Will Provide Clues on How Avian Influenza Spreads: International Team Conducts Research
Feb 04, 2009: Risky Behavior and Diet Diversity Can Make Sea Otters Sick
Feb 04, 2009: Doubled Over from the Heat: Tree Deaths in the West
Jan 22, 2009: Tree Deaths Have Doubled Across the Western U.S. -- Regional Warming May be the Cause
Jan 21, 2009: Food Choices and Location Influence California Sea Otter Exposure to Disease
Oct 03, 2008: Alaska’s Sea Otter Declines Affect Health of Kelp Forests and Diet of Eagles
Sep 18, 2008: Scientists Discover a New Pacific Iguana and More Clues to a Longtime Mystery
Jun 24, 2008: California Sea Otters: Population Recovery Continues at Slower Rate
Dec 03, 2007: Conference Will Address Integrating Riparian Habitat Conservation and Flood Management in California


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