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Three researchers stand in some vegetation near a beach where there is large collection of pacific walrus beached.
A Journey with Giants
Apr 9, 2025
A Laysan albatross lies dead on the sand, its stomach filled with plastic debris that it swallowed.
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Oceans of Trash
Aug 20, 2023
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FWS Scholar Benjamin Weitzman  
Aug 17, 2023
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Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Brought to Alaska Zoo for its Welfare
Dec 21, 2022
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A Polar Bear Year: Summer
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viewed from an airplane, a family of 3 polar bears walk across a snowy landscape.
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Jul 13, 2021
A polar bear walks through ice fog across the winter landscape.
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A Polar Bear Year: Early Winter
Jul 6, 2021
Sea otter yawns in eelgrass in Morro Bay
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Please Don't Poke the Sea Otters
Oct 15, 2015
a white bear resting its head on its paw in an enclosure
Wildlife Management
Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Brought to Alaska Zoo for its Welfare
Dec 21, 2022
Three researchers stand in some vegetation near a beach where there is large collection of pacific walrus beached.
A Journey with Giants
Apr 9, 2025
A Laysan albatross lies dead on the sand, its stomach filled with plastic debris that it swallowed.
Get Involved
Oceans of Trash
Aug 20, 2023
Service biologist collecting northern sea otter data in Kachemak Bay, Alaska
Our People
FWS Scholar Benjamin Weitzman  
Aug 17, 2023
a white bear on a sandy beach with water in the background.
A Polar Bear Year: Summer
Jan 7, 2022
viewed from an airplane, a family of 3 polar bears walk across a snowy landscape.
Wildlife Wonders
A Polar Bear Year: Spring
Jul 13, 2021
A polar bear walks through ice fog across the winter landscape.
Wildlife Wonders
A Polar Bear Year: Early Winter
Jul 6, 2021
Sea otter yawns in eelgrass in Morro Bay
Endangered Species Act
Please Don't Poke the Sea Otters
Oct 15, 2015
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