A group of Italian honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica) workers gathered near the front entrance of their hive. These worker bees are fanning the entrance of the hive to cool it.Photo taken with a Pana photo

5 months

Three European hornets (Vespa crabro) on an oak tree. Photo taken with an Olympus E-5 in Caldwell County, NC, USA.Cropping and post-processing performed with Adobe Lightroom. photo

5 months

Tooth is 5.4 inches long, 4.4 inches wide. Excavated from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA. photo

5 months

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5 months

US Navy 061019-N-5531C-002 Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine North Carolina (SSN 777) participate in a Habitat for Humanity project as a part of Navy Week photo

6 months

scene Carolina Beach SP KG (167) photo

11 months

scene Harris Lake ncwetlands KG photo

11 months

scientist veg sampling in coastal NC wetland photo

11 months

soil profile NWCA11-2044 photo

11 months

alligatorweed plus Ludwigia scene Wiggins Mill KG (2) photo

11 months

Eleocharis parvula_ ncwetlands SK (2) photo

11 months

reptile rough green snake NWCA 11 2036 (3) photo

11 months

Aydlett Gordonia lasianthus loblolly bay bark trunks ncwetlands SK photo

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amphibian Amphiuma means photo

11 months

dip netting for macroinvertebrates photo

11 months

checking cover boards for amphibians photo

11 months

bird great blue heron Harris Lake ncwetlands KG (2) photo

11 months

reptile old female common snapping turtle Harris Lake ncwetlands KG (1) photo

11 months

scene lily pond Carolina Beach SP KG (1) photo

11 months

Smilax laurifolia fruit Swan Creek Lake KG photo

11 months

Brices Creek not oil but bacteria film KG photo

11 months

Lewis Gut ghost forest KG photo

11 months

scene Carolina Beach SP KG (110) photo

11 months

Brices Creek wintertime color KG photo

11 months

Paddy’s Creek Prescribed Fire photo

11 months

Dichanthelium scoparium KG photo

11 months

Iris virginica Wiggins Mill KG photo

11 months

Kinosternun mud turtle Raleigh wetland photo

11 months

Aydlett ncwetlands SK (5) photo

11 months

scene Carolina Beach SP KG (199) photo

11 months

Aydlett ncwetlands SK (3) photo

11 months

PurchaseIslands ncwetlands SK photo

11 months

wetland soil profile ncwetlands SK (3) photo

11 months

reptile box turtle Raleigh photo

11 months

wetland soil profile ncwetlands SK (5) photo

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soil profile NWCA11-2047_08.24 photo

11 months

HuntingCreek brackish marsh ncwetlands SK photo

11 months

LakeMattamuskeet area plants ncwetlands SK (3) photo

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Soil 1 Buxton Woods 7-13-22 SK photo

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