Out with our staff in Sullivan County, NY on the upper Delaware River for Silver Eel monitoring. Jess Best took this picture of me holding a “Silver Phase” American Eel on the Delaware River, Sullivan County, New York on October 4, 2024.
📸 | Jess Best
Meet the striped burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfii)! 🐡
When they feel threatened, they puff up like a spiky balloon by sucking water or air into their stomachs! If this sounds similar to a pufferfish, you are correct—they're in the same order (Tetraodontiformes) as pufferfish.
A PIA Notre Dame fan sitting behind us (complaining about every call 😂) took this photo of Rick Littleton, CJ Winand and me at Kyle Field, Texas A&M University on August 31, 2024. We lost the game, but delusional optimism will live on. There’s always next week
An NYPD detective from Valley Stream who allegedly assisted more than 65 people obtain fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans was among four people arrested and charged in connection with the scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Four people allegedly conspired to defraud the federal government’s Small Business Administration, which administered the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, loans meant to provide forgivable loans to small businesses to help with job retention after in-person commerce essentially shut down during the pandemic.
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Out sampling for invasive Blue Cats today on the Patuxent River. Testing out a pilot project comparing data collected from chase boats vs fish classified from aerial drone counts. Raising fish with low frequency electroshocking.
DEC Interim Commish @SeanMaharIC joined @NYCWater, @SenatorHinchey, & @UlsterNY to announce a plan to help safeguard water quality at the Ashokan Reservoir. The revised release protocol protects NYC water supply and addresses Lower Esopus community concerns about muddy water.
Did you know there are marine animals on the planet that have been around well before the dinosaurs?!
Horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils, these amazing sea creatures have been around for over 400 million years! 🧵 ⤵️
#MarineMonday