Delaware Bay is home to the largest spawning population of horseshoe crabs in the world. It also hosts the second largest population of migrating shorebirds in North America. This is no coincidence—each spring, thousands of shorebirds flock to these shores to refuel on protein-packed horseshoe crab eggs before continuing their northbound migration... More »

Two Pacific seabird species, the Scripps's murrelet and Guadalupe murrelet, no longer warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, due to the efforts of diverse stakeholders in addressing primary threats to the species... More »

Oil spills permeate every aspect of the environment, contaminating water, destroying land, and threatening wildlife. To clean up, we must work on many levels to restore the impacted area?unfortunately there isn?t a simple solution ... More »

Crawfish vs Crayfish: What's the difference anyway? An expert once said you study crayfish, and you eat crawfish. So we'll refer to them as crayfish in this story. Of the nearly 500 species of crayfish found ... More »

The quantity and quality of wetlands have been in a long decline in the coastal areas of the Great Lakes due to a combination of factors, including water level regulation and development. Since 2010, the New York Field Office and partners have been hard at work improving habitat at the Rochester Embayment Area of Concern. With funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, we conducted wetland habitat assessments in streams, ... More »