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...

Established in 1973 by Utah State University (USU) Extension and the Utah Society for Range Management, Utah’s high school Range Camp has provided students with immersive experiences in sustainable rangeland practices for over five decades. Survey finding...

tah State University Uintah Basin associate professor Mark Chynoweth has been named the honoree for Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year in the Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

After four years of trying to use dogs to make cougars in northeastern Washington more wary of people, researchers have their conclusion. It works.

USU ecologists Sara Weinstein, Department of Biology, and Eric LaMalfa, Department of Wildland Resources, lead multi-disciplinary, experiential learning trips to countries of eastern Africa to study human-wildlife interactions.

Utah State University’s undergraduate research program is the 2nd oldest of its kind in the nation, and it turns 50 in 2025. To showcase these five decades of impactful research, USU has declared 2025 the Year of Undergraduate Research. Alexa Sand, assoc...

Three USU Eastern students in the Wildland Resource Techniques course presented research to the local Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) on a study of kit foxes and their habitation in the Emery County region.

The management of wild horses is a topic that arouses keen interest, triggers passionate debate and fuels considerable misinformation. For managers trying to protect the welfare of horses, share space on public lands, conserve a landscape and manage their...

More akin to the sludge you find in the bottom of a wet-dry vac than a college research project, fish puke isn’t high on the list of study topics for most students. But that grey muck — similar in consistency to grits — was just the ticket for Manny May....

This collaboration between students, ecologists, and geospatial AI experts illustrates the potential at the forefront of this new field. The boundary between classroom learning and applied research is thin here, and students get the chance to gain hands-o...

Biologists near Hyrum in Cache County conduct helicopter-assisted checkups on mule deer herds. The initiative aims to assess the health and sustainability of deer populations.

Since they inherited their family's multi-generational trout farm in Ogden, UT, sisters Tarah Holt and Tylynn Griffin have pursued degrees at Utah State and Weber State to help better the business and have expanded into new ventures.

Robbie reached out to John Randolph with the Institute for Wildlife Studies in California and lead author of a study of the dispersal of juvenile mountain lions (his Master’s thesis) in California and Nevada to have a sciency conversation around this intr...

Tarantulas are becoming more visible in Utah just in time for the Halloween season, but for wildlife experts, this time of year is anything but scary.

Sagebrush and sage grouse are under threat from a few different factors: Cheatgrass-encouraged wildfires through the habitat, pinyon-juniper encroachment into the ecosystem, and general land development. To help understand what’s happening with sage grous...

When it comes to wildlife mischief, we have found the biggest troublemaker, and it is us.

Wildlife crossing structures have been increasingly implemented in the United States and as research progresses, managers have slowly improved criteria for design and placement strategies to maximize the effectiveness of each crossing structure.

The National 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) is designed to teach youth the fundamentals of wildlife and fisheries science and management.