| Alligator populations have recovered throughout the southeast following management actions in the 1970s and 1980s to regulate harvest more effectively. Researchers often encounter alligators when doing wetland ecological studies in summer. Photo by Ken Reinecke, USGS. |
Empty egg cases are all that remains after digestion of thousands of horseshoe crab eggs by Red Knots during captive feeding trials. This demonstrates the importance of this food resource to shorebirds during spring stopover in Delaware Bay. Photo by Mike Haramis, USGS. |
Adult female Diamondback Terrapin caught in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Mike Haramis, USGS. |
