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 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...

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....

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.