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Watercolor Superstition Mountains Wilderness Area Phoenix Arizona

Watercolor Superstition Mountains Wilderness Area Phoenix Arizona

Baby Desert Tortoise

Baby Desert Tortoise — Here's your "awwwwwwww, so cute!" moment for the day...nothing tops this one. Here we see a a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) hatching from its egg, as photographed by one of our USGS scientists at the Western Ecological Research Center. USGS studies the life history and ecology of the desert tortoise, which is a federally listed threatened species only found in the Mojave Desert. Young tortoises are especially prone to predators like dogs and ravens, whose numbers can increase around areas of human activity and structures. Adult tortoises can be killed by car traffic, ingesting trash, and wildfires, and are affected by loss of habitat from urban and industrial development, cutting short their potential lifespan of 100 years. USGS research on desert tortoises are helping federal and state management agencies improve land use and conservation plans, and balance the recovery of this threatened species with other resource use priorities in the Mojave Desert landscape. Watch a video of a Desert Tortoise hatching at bit.ly/USGSTortoise. Photo Credit: K. Kristina Drake, USGS.

Close up of Bay Checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha bayensis ; classified as a federally threatened species, south San

Close up of Bay Checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha bayensis ; classified as a federally threatened species, south San

Karner Blue Butterfly

Karner Blue Butterfly

A Federally Endangered Black-footed Ferret

A Federally Endangered Black-footed Ferret

Desert Landscape Tumbleweeds Indian Reservation

Desert Landscape Tumbleweeds Indian Reservation

The Florida Division of Emergency Management opening new federally funded COVID-19 testing site

The Florida Division of Emergency Management opening new federally funded COVID-19 testing site

A Federally Endangered Black-footed Ferret

A Federally Endangered Black-footed Ferret

An up close shot of a barred owl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The barred owl is native to eastern North America but have expanded westward due to human creation of new habitat. Larger and more aggressive than the federally threatened northern spotted owl, barred owls are known to displace spotted owls, disrupt their nesting and compete with them for food. Credit: Dennis Demcheck, USGS.

Superstition Mountains Wilderness Area Phoenix Arizona

Superstition Mountains Wilderness Area Phoenix Arizona

Federally Endangered Black-footed Ferret on the Plains of Colorado

Federally Endangered Black-footed Ferret on the Plains of Colorado

Empty, historic home in the Crystal Cove State Park, southern California.

Empty, historic home in the Crystal Cove State Park, southern California.

Superstition Mountains Wilderness Area Phoenix Arizona

Surrounding landscape of Superstition Mountains federally designated wilderness area outside of Phoenix Arizona. Surrounding landscape of Superstition Mountains federally designated wilderness area outside of Phoenix Arizona

Bog Turtle

Empty, historic home in the Crystal Cove State Park, Southern California.

Empty, historic home in the Crystal Cove State Park, Southern California.

Federally Endangered Least Tern

Federally Endangered Least Tern

red wolf endangered species

red wolf endangered species

An Endangered Black-footed Ferret in a Prairie Dog Town

An Endangered Black-footed Ferret in a Prairie Dog Town

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