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Topic: Wildlife

A pelican waits at the glass doors to an office building.

Knocking for help: A pelican’s unlikely rescue

September 15, 2026

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coastal ecosystems

A pelican waits at the glass doors to an office building.

Whale tale flipping out of the ocean; person with blue helmet and orange life jacket in foreground looking at the whale

Video: NOAA teams disentangle humpback whales in Hawaii

March 6, 2026

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Whale tale flipping out of the ocean; person with blue helmet and orange life jacket in foreground looking at the whale

Photo of boat. NOAA's Restoration Blueprint proposes to strengthen regulations to preemptively keep vessels from becoming derelict. Photo: Scott Atwell/NOAA.

NOAA announces management plan for Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Restoration Blueprint

December 13, 2024

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protected resources

resource management

environmental impacts

Photo of boat. NOAA's Restoration Blueprint proposes to strengthen regulations to preemptively keep vessels from becoming derelict. Photo: Scott Atwell/NOAA.

Photo showing a group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge.

Arctic tundra becoming source of carbon dioxide emissions

December 10, 2024

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temperature rankings

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Gateway to NOAA

Photo showing a group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge.

Wetlands in Middle Peninsula, Virginia.

Protecting and restoring habitat in Virginia’s Middle Peninsula

October 23, 2024

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habitat restoration

coastal communities

Wetlands in Middle Peninsula, Virginia.

A person paddles in a kayak next to a piece of land covered in trees. More tree-covered land in the distance.

Partnership preserves over 400 acres of public game lands in North Carolina

April 17, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

habitat restoration

A person paddles in a kayak next to a piece of land covered in trees. More tree-covered land in the distance.

The first-ever North American coastal wetland wildlife inventory used 140 cameras in 29 estuaries to capture thousands of images like this fox in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Reserve.

NOAA Ocean Podcast: The first North American coastal wildlife inventory

February 16, 2024

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The first-ever North American coastal wetland wildlife inventory used 140 cameras in 29 estuaries to capture thousands of images like this fox in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Reserve.

Photo of Rehabilitated Hawaiian monk seals explore their new habitat after a successful release into the wild at Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).

Rehabilitated Hawaiian monk seals return to Kuaihelani

April 10, 2023

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Photo of Rehabilitated Hawaiian monk seals explore their new habitat after a successful release into the wild at Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).

A regional office training class.

Do you NOAA our history?

January 4, 2023

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Heritage stories

A regional office training class.

Children observing whale entering

Supporting wildlife

December 2, 2021

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Children observing whale entering

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