Berryman Institute

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

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

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.

The introduction of Rainbow Smelt in Horsetooth Reservoir, Colorado, increased Walleye growth but also led to poor Walleye recruitment and significant ecosystem shifts, including the decline of Daphnia and the disappearance of opossum shrimp from predator

We explored the efficacy of using trained hounds to haze mountain lions. Our study provides information on a proactive technique that could have applications for mitigating human-wildlife conflict.

We tested whether (1) sage-grouse selected for surrogate habitat and (2) selection behaviors related to surrogate habitat had demographic effects on the population.

Our study supports using older naturally grown sagebrush plants (wildlings) for restoration efforts. Wildlings had already faced various environmental stresses before transplantation and then had a survival advantage when transplanted. Our study also demo