U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

‼️EGG ALERT‼️ Last week, our condor crew checked in on the Tom's Canyon nest at Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in California, and we were thrilled to find a beautiful, healthy egg! Under female California condor #846's watchful eye, biologists carefully performed a brief examination of her egg to confirm viability and measurements, and checked the nest for micro trash. Everything looked perfect, so we left her to it! We will continue to keep you posted! 🥚❤️ Photos by Molly Murphy/Santa Barbara Zoo/USFWS

Timber, cordwood, maple syrup...so many things we depend upon come from working forests — those carefully managed to provide a renewable supply of products for people. But working forests provide for wildlife too. Sustainable forestry practices support the health of soil, water, fish and wildlife, including species that have experienced population declines in other parts of their range due to habitat loss. Through the Wildlife Conservation Initiative, we partner with willing private landowners on research and strategic conservation to help keep forests and their inhabitants healthy. https://ow.ly/bbbb50VlH1F

Today we remember Sparky, the world's toughest bison! ⚡️🦬 In 2013, Sparky was struck by lightning at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. He survived the jolt and went on to live another 5 years, passing in 2018 at 14 years old. 📷 Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

Spring sure makes a statement in the Mojave Desert! Look for the bright orange flowers of the desert globemallow along roadsides and vibrant fuchsia beavertail cactus blooms if you're visiting Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. Credit: J. Contois /USFWS

Draw me like one of your French girls. The Eastern collared lizard is sometimes known as the “mountain boomer” but they don't actually make loud sounds. They bring the noise with their vibrant colors. Look for them across the south central US. Photo: Bill Shreve

Silver and stunning, this butterfly rocks it! The gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) is a common butterfly found throughout the lower 48 states. You can enjoy them and other pollinators by planting nectar plants and native milkweed in your backyard. Photo of a gray hairstreak resting on California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) in Ventura County, California by Robert McMorran/USFWS

Are you bright-eyed and bushy tailed this Monday? In March and April, kit fox pups are born. Until they are about one month old, pups stay in the den and are cared for by their parents. After a few months, the whole family emerges from the den and the parents start teaching their pups how to forage. Photo: Kit fox in Utah by Clint Wirick/USFWS

 Get to know the shimmery sister species to the East Coast's American Shad. The beautiful, migratory Alabama Shad is native to the the Mississippi River basin, the Gulf, and other Gulf coast rivers. 🐟 Live with, live from, discovery and enjoy #AllTheFish - Catch new episodes of "Fish of the Week!" at FWS.gov or wherever you get your podcasts. 🎣 Alabama Shad 📷 Zachary Randall/Florida Museum

Louella E. Cable – The Fish Whisperer of Science When Louella E. Cable joined the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries in 1927, she didn’t just break barriers, she swam right past them. As the first female scientist hired by the Bureau (which later became the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Cable started her career as a scientific illustrator, but she wasn’t content to just sketch fish, she wanted to understand them. Her research into fish development and life histories was nothing short of groundbreaking. While others were focused on big-ticket conservation species like waterfowl or large mammals, Cable was busy unlocking the mysteries of shad, lake trout, and other critical fish species. Her work would contribute to the foundation for modern fisheries biology. Photo of Louella Cable courtesy of the University of South Dakota Archives

Stop what you’re doing and go hug a tree. Or, you know, read this instead. Forests are out here doing the most. They clean our air, filter our water, and provide space for every creature that calls them home. They’re also economic powerhouses that provide wood products, jobs, and recreation opportunities for communities across the United States. And get this, we're teaming up with private forest owners to make sure forests can keep doing all of that. From carefully planned timber harvests to prescribed burns that mimic natural fire cycles, this work is all about managing forests not just for people, but for wildlife too. Want to know more? Dive into this story about smart forest management and how it's keeping critters and humans thriving: https://ow.ly/3Oae50VmmKG Photo by Debbie Barb (sharetheexperience)