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  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-4.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-2.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-6.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-3.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-1.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-5.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) feeds on a young elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed earlier. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
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This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.<br />
<br />
Please note: This image has been digitally altered. Ear tags and a radio collar placed on the cat by biologists were digitally removed from this image. Original file available upon request.
    cougar_elk_kill_6806CGK_V2D.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) eats an elk calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. Biologists from The Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife placed a radio collar and ear tags on this mountain lion to track its movements. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.
    cougar_elk_kill_6806CGK1_V1.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a  young elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. <br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.<br />
<br />
Please note: This image has been digitally altered. Ear tags and a radio collar placed on the cat by biologists were digitally removed from this image. Original file available upon request.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK2_.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a elk calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. Biologists from The Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife placed a radio collar and ear tags on this mountain lion to track its movements. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK2_V1.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a  young elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. <br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.<br />
<br />
Please note: This image has been digitally altered. Ear tags and a radio collar placed on the cat by biologists were digitally removed from this image. Original file available upon request.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK1_V2.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a elk calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. Biologists from The Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife placed a radio collar and ear tags on this mountain lion to track its movements. Wallowa County, Oregon.<br />
<br />
This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
<br />
Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.
    cougar_killed_elk_61006CGK1_V1.jpg
  • An old snag near an ancient lava flow in Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho.
    desert_snag_7110CrtsM-123.jpg
  • Tourists look at the remains of the &quot;Klootchy Creek Giant&quot;, formerly the largest sitka spruce tree in the United States. It snapped off 75 feet above the ground in a December 2007 wind storm that had gusts over 100 mph. The tree, estimated at 700 years old, was 206 feet tall.
    klootchy_creek_giant_2908ka5.jpg
  • Male Cougar (Felis concolor) using its carnassials, special teeth that scissor meat, on a deer. Range: North America, Canada south to all South America. Captive, Montana.
    mountain_lion-MDurham60.jpg
  • While one ant is trapped and killed by a venosa pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa) another struggles through the downward facing bristles on the leaf structure above the trap. The bristles will likely cause the ant to fall in. This plant is native to swampy bogs in the SouthEast part of North America. This specimen was cultivated. July 2001
    carnivorous_plant_MDurham378_5.jpg
  • While one ant is trapped and killed by a venosa pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa) another sits on the lip above the trap. This plant is native to swampy bogs in the SouthEast part of North America.
    carnivorous_plant_MDurham402_12.jpg
  • A mountain goat (Oremanos americanus) nanny and her kid lick up anti-freeze from the Logan Pass Visitor Center parking lot. The anti-freeze has a sweet flavor, is highly toxic, and will kill the animals if consumed in enough quantity.
    toxic_anti-freeze-MDurham423_16.jpg
  • An iridescent cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae sp.) in flight. Photographed in The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon. The name 'cuckoo wasp' is attributed to the fact that this insect, like the cuckoo bird, lays her eggs in the nest of an unsuspecting host. This insect was photographed after being spotted following small leafcutter bees to their nest with the plan of laying an egg in a larvae chamber of the host bee, concealing her activity by re-sealing the hole she made, and then leaving and allowing her offspring to kill and consume the host larvae, in some cases with occasional feedings by the host. Please note: The background of this image was digitally expanded to allow for better composition.
    _iridescent_cuckoo_wasp_63006ZHS1.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) near decaying soft wood that it was eating. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-7.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-21.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-2.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-12.jpg
  • A predacious robber fly (Efferia sp.) leaps off the ground at The Nature Conservancy's Moses-Coulee Field Station in Central Washington. These predators make short flights to chase down and kill prey insects that come into their field of vision. They will often attack and catch other insects in the air.
    jumping_robber_fly_61909fsWQ-7.jpg
  • Ponderosa pine forest after a controlled burn designed to clear underbrush and other fuels from the forest floor. Regular controlled burns keep dry fuels and flammable brush from accumilating to such a degree that fires will devolve into super hot , uncontrolled conflagrations that kill trees.
    controlled_burn_102508MTR3.jpg
  • A mountain goat (Oremanos americanus) nanny and her kid lick up anti-freeze from the Logan Pass Visitor Center parking lot. The anti-freeze has a sweet flavor, is highly toxic, and will kill the animals if consumed in enough quantity.
    toxic_anti-freeze-MDurham429_17.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-4.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-25.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-15.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-11.jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7114sl...jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Military attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7614st...jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Military attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7514st...jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Military attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7414tp...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • A tipi frame from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7114bh...jpg
  • A tipi frame from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7114bh...jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-488.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-455.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-401.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-31.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-19.jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    tipi_frame-62814tp2-517.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-519.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-36.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife biologist Scott Findholdt inspects the remains of a cougar in the Blue Mountains of NE Oregon. The animal is missing its paws, head and skin, suggesting that it was taken by a hunter. Records for the area show no cougar kills for the time making this a poached animal.
    DCougar1.jpg
  • a sun jellyfish (Clytia gregaria) with a parasitic anemone attahed to its bell. The anemone will grow until it kills the jellyfish.
    parasitic_anenome_31506004.jpg
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