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This Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation webinar was led by Dr. David Stoner, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Extension and Lecturer in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University. Dr. Stoner conducts applied ecological research o

Good Work Foundation’s Conservation Academy recently joined a groundbreaking SANParks research project to investigate what happens to the land when an elephant dies – the effect these gentle giants have on their environment long after they are gone.

Ryan Helcoski is one of our affiliate graduate students, pursuing his PhD and working with an international team studying the ecological impacts of terrestrial megacarcasses in South Africa. At UPR, he primarily reports on discoveries and ongoing research

Humans aren’t the only ones eager for the summer sun. Snakes are out in abundance and can be found warming up along roads, sunning on rocks and slithering casually to their next meal. And with more people hitting the trails this spring, reports of snakes

Humans aren’t the only ones eager for the summer sun. Snakes are out in abundance and can be found warming up along roads, sunning on rocks, and slithering casually to their next meal. And with more people hitting the trails this spring, reports of snakes

For Tanyon Allred, a student in the USU Eastern Wildlife Program, education isn’t confined to the classroom — it’s lived out in the field, alongside wildlife and professionals who dedicate their lives to conservation.

Bryce Canyon National Park is celebrating some of the park’s most visible characters Thursday with Utah Prairie Dog Day. The programs, including talks from specialists like USU professor Nicki Frey, activities and a guest appearance from Petey Prairie Dog

Painter et al. (2025) claim that large-carnivore recovery in Yellowstone National Park has produced a strong trophic cascade compared to other systems, citing a 152-fold increase in aspen sapling density and widespread recruitment of new trees. We show th

Increased climate variability is expected to intensify short-term drought events. Plants have evolved stress tolerance strategies, yet how these strategies promote drought resistance across different herbaceous plant groups remains unknown. We identified

Since 2000, the wealth of information about the physical characteristics and horn growth of mountain and thinhorn sheep has grown in depth and breadth. We reviewed the literature to update information useful to biologists in the management and conservatio

Across the western United States, compensation programs that pay livestock producers for losses seek to mitigate the impact of carnivore depredation on livestock. Data suggest not all livestock producers report wolf depredations or utilize compensation pr