Queen Bee — The bee marked in yellow is this hive's queen (roughly dead center in this image). There is usually only one queen in a hive, which the worker honeybees feed, follow, and protect. Society photo

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Here we see a pair of Palila nestlings, so young their eyes are not even open yet, wait open-mouthed for their parents to bring them food. Palila, a critically endangered Hawaiian bird found only the photo

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Leap Day— It's Leap Day...why don't we take a leap and share this photo of an Ornate Horned Frog? Get it? Leap...Frog...Leap Day? OK, enough with our cheesy jokes. This is a photo of an Ornate Horned photo

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Seal Pup Kisses — Seriously...how ridiculously cute is this? We saw this photo of Weddell seals, taken by our own William Link, and just couldn't hold back from sharing it with you! The Weddell seal photo

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I Hate Winter — Let's be clear...#WinterIsComing (well, it's actually already here), but this female Great Horned owl clearly is not happy about the cold, drizzly winter rain. At first glance, she see photo

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Caption This Photo — These emperor penguins, the largest of all living penguin species, are captured in this photo near Erebus Bay, Antarctica. We don't want to put ideas in your head and stifle your photo

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Since 2010, scientists at the various agencies including the USGS and FWS have worked to reintroduce an endangered frog species, the Yellow-Legged Frog, back into it's native habitat in Southern Calif photo

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It's a #TBT Buffalo Bonanza! — Well, how about several shots related to the mighty buffalo for our throwback today? (Top Left) Taken in 1897, this buffalo was seen on Frank Island in Yellowstone Lake photo

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This bighead carp was collected on the Illinois River to learn more about the anatomy and physiology of Asian carp. This information will guide the development of potential biological or chemical cont photo

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