Lab News
2024, May 24 | Mountain Journal: Have wolves returned Yellowstone to its natural state?
2024, Apr 23 | New York Times:Yellowstone’s wolves: a debate over their role in the park’s ecosystem
2024, Mar 31 | Billings Gazette: Yellowstone research reignites debate over wolf-generated trophic cascade
2024, Feb 20 | National Geographic: Why was a grizzly bear hanging out with a wolf pack?
2024, Feb 18 | National Parks Traveler: Wolves have not completely restored Yellowstone National Park’s Ecosystem
2023, Aug 30 | Jackson Hole News & Guide: Yellowstone wolves bring hungry pups 'toys'
2023, Apr 14 | Outdoor Life: How do wolves hunt?
2022, Dec 21 | Jackson Hole News & Guide: In Yellowstone, wolves eat cougar scat, become leaders
2022, Dec 1 | Modern Huntsman: The weight of wolves
2022, Nov 22 | ABC4 News: Wolves in the Rocky Mountains selectively mate in favor of black coats
2022, Nov 6 | Billings Gazette: Yellowstone’s black wolves better at fighting canine distemper virus, study shows
2022, Oct 29 | Forbes: Why are there so many black wolves in Yellowstone?
2022, Oct 20 | Science: For some wolves, a black coat isn't just fashionable-it's a lifesaver
2022, Oct 20 | The Scientist: Black and gray wolf pairings stem disease, stabilize population
2022, Sep 29 | The Intercept: In reviewing wolves’ endangered status, Martha Williams confronts her Montana past
2022, Jul 20 | The Intercept: Was Yellowstone's deadliest wolf hunt in 100 years an inside job?
2022, Jun 23 | The Guardian: The return of the wolf: how much do they help rebuild ecosystems?
2022, Apr 7 | Billings Gazette: Study contemplates predators' role in reducing chronic wasting disease
2022, Mar 4 | The Wolf Connection: The effects of wolf hunts on ecosystems
2022, Feb 21 | Trouw: Wolves in America: Bounty chasing, traps, blinding light; Americans are committed to the wolf slaughter (Dutch)
2022, Feb 17 | Billings Gazette: 82nd wolf killed in Region 3, halting hunting, trapping season near Yellowstone
2022, Feb 15 | National Geographic: Most U.S. wolves are listed as endangered—again. Here’s why.
2022, Jan 31 | Science: Massive wolf kill disrupts long-running study of Yellowstone park packs
2022, Jan 21 | Radio-Canada: Wolves, victims of the polarization of American politics (French language)
2021, Dec 21 | The Wildlife Society: Research casts doubt on strength of Yellowstone aspen recovery after wolves returned
2021, Dec 19 | Billings Gazette: Revisting Yellowstone's trophic cascade: wolves' effect on aspen regeneration exaggerated, study finds
2021, Dec 9 | Utah Public Radio: Scientists reexamine the effect of wolves on aspen tree recovery in Yellowstone
2021, Dec 1 | Herald Journal: Book on Yellowstone wolves, co-written by USU professor, earns best-of 2021 award
2020, Nov 1 | The Scientist: Can rewildling large predators regenerate ecosystems?
2020, Apr 29 | UNDARK: Absent wolves, ecosystems changed. Can new wolves restore things?
2020, Mar 5 | WIRED: The wild experiment to bring apex predators back from the link
2020, Feb 5 | KPCW: Predators draw the short straw if wildlife bill passess
2019, Aug 11 | Billings Gazette: Elk can be just as good at avoiding cougars and wolves as they are at hiding from hunters
2019, Aug 8 | UGA Today: Relationship between predators, prey is complicated
2019, Aug 8 | KRCC: Thursday newscast
2019, Aug 6 | Wyoming Public Media: Wolves might not be biggest threat to elk
2019, Aug 4 | National Parks Traveler: Yellowstone elk know how to avoid wolves and mountain lions
2019, Aug 2 | EurekAlert!: Fearing cougars more than wolves, Yellowstone elk manage threats from both predators
2019, May 31 | Associated Press: Scientists find flaws in plan to lift U.S. wolf protections
2019, Apr 10 | Newsweek: Are Yellowstone elk afraid of the big bad wolf?
2019, Apr 5 | Utah Public Radio: 'Yellowstone elk's response to wolves' on Wild About Utah
2019, Mar 31 | National Parks Traveler Podcast: Prey and predators in Yellowstone
2019, Mar 28 | National Parks Traveler: Study shows wolves not moving Yellowstone elk off their wintering grounds
2019, Mar 26 | EurekAlert!: Yellowstone elk don't budge for wolves say scientists
2019, Mar 7 | Science: How a ‘landscape of fear’ transformed the ecosystem of this African wildlife park
2019, Feb 7 | The Spokesman-Review: Battle in Yellowstone: video shows long-legged elk schooling wolves
2018, Sep 17 | Utah Public Radio: Police and predators
2018, Sep 7 | USA Today: Yellowstone's wolves are back, but they haven't restored the park's ecosystem. Here's why
2018, Sep 4 | The Economist: Deer antlers are a dual-use technology
2018, Sep 3 | Science Shots: To grow bigger antlers, these elk risk life and limb
2018, Jul 18 | Yellowstone Insider: Examining the "landscape of fear" in Yellowstone
2018, Jul 5 | Herald Journal: USU researchers challenge Yellowstone elk's 'landscape of fear'
2018, Jun 24 | Billings Gazette: Yellowstone elk are skilled at working around wolf's schedule, study shows
2018, Jun 22 | Earth.com: Predators in Yellowstone "landscape of fear" may not be so scary
2018, Jun 22 | EurekAlert!: Yellowstone's 'landscape of fear' not so scary after all
2018, Jun 19 | Michel Kohl receives the 2017 Buell Award for Outstanding Student Research from the Ecological Society of America
2018, Jun 4 | Utah Public Radio: Monitoring Utah moose and their calves.
2018, Mar 29 | Sam Robertson recognized as the best student presenter at the Utah Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting
2018, Mar 24 | Maggie Hallerud recognized as the 2018 Quinney College of Natural Resources Scholar of the Year
2018, Apr 18 | AccuWeather: Scientists debunk myth that Yellowstone wolves changed entire ecosystem, flow of rivers
2018, Jan 17 | Dan MacNulty helps produce PBS Nature documentary (Arctic Wolf Pack) about the wolves he studies on Ellesmere Island
2017, Dec 11 | Mountain Journal: The undeniable value of wolves, bears, lions and coyotes in battling disease
2017, Nov 13 | Herald Journal: USU undergrad 'traps' cougars with camera
2017, Jul 14 | Utah Public Radio: Securing Utah's moose population.
2017, Apr 18 | Park City Record: Winter ticks latch onto Utah's moose
2017, Apr 15 | Maggie Hallerud a warded the 2017 Robins Award for Best Undergraduate Researcher at Utah State University
2017, Apr 14 | Maggie Hallerud presented Lessons in Field Research as part of USU's Ignite speaking event
2017, Apr 14 | Herald Journal: USU researchers shine spotlight on Yellowstone wolves' scavenging behavior
2017, Apr 10 | Phys.Org: In harm's way: Wolves may not risk 'prey switching' ecologists say
2017, Apr 10 | Our research about prey switching behavior in Yellowstone wolves published in Functional Ecology
2017, Apr 7 | Dan MacNulty presented Timid Predators, Scary Prey at USU Science Unwrapped
2017, Apr 6 | Sam Robertson awarded African Safari Club Scholarship
2017, Mar 25 | Maggie Hallerud awarded Quinney College of Natural Resources Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
2017, Mar 25 | Dan MacNulty awarded Quinney College of Natural Resources Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year
2017, Mar 17 | PhD student Lacy Smith awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2017, Mar 15 | The Wildlife Society: Wolves kill fewer ungulates with bears
2017, Mar 8 | New PhD student Lainie Brice awarded S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Doctoral Fellowship
2017, Feb 20 | Utah Public Radio: Do wolves kill more often when grizzlies are around to steal their food? Research says no.
2017, Feb 16 | Dan Stahler (project collaborator) discusses his innovative study of Yellowstone cougars in the Billings Gazette
2017, Feb 8 | Missoulian: Carcass-stealing by grizzlies doesn't mean wolves kill more
2017, Feb 8 | New Scientist: Why grey wolves kill less prey when brown bears are around
2017, Feb 8 | Phys.Org: Wolfing it down: Brown bears reduce wolf kill rate
2017, Feb 8 | Aimee Tallian publishes about interspecific competition between wolves and bears in Proceedings of the Royal Society B
2017, Feb 1 | Our study of wolves in the High Arctic is featured in Spy in the Wild: A NATURE miniseries Episodes III, IV, and V
2017, Jan 29 | Kira Cassidy publishes about territorial aggression in Behavioral Processes
2017, Jan 23 | High Country News: Why OR7 is a celebrity
2016, Dec 8 | Our proposed symposium about trophic cascades in Yellowstone accepted for the 2017 ESA Meeting in Portland, OR
2016, Oct 14 | "Wolves on the Hunt" praised in The Quarterly Review of Biology
2016, Aug 25 | KSL News: Are wolves a 'Miracle' in Yellowstone? Science seeks answers
2016, Jul 26 | USU Ecologist an Author, Editor of 'Yellowstone Science' Wolf Issue
2016, Jul 14 | Joel Ruprecht publishes about reproductive limits in southern moose populations in the Journal of Mammalogy
2016, May 10 | New York Times: Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Legal Hunting Reduces Poaching
2016, Jan 1 | Utah Public Radio: Undergraduate Researchers Share Their Work with Utah Legislators