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USU Students Helping the Monarch Butterfly in the Uintah Basin
USU students helped capture and tag monarch butterflies in the Uintah Basin region, looking to help track the animals…
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Ask an Expert - Bats Making Recent Appearances
Bats are migratory and may take up residence in chimneys, structures and homes when they can find an opening.…
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Safe Crossings: Wildlife Overpasses Connect Habitat and Save Lives
Forget chicken—if you want to know why a bobcat steps into the road, or at which places elk tend to hop freeway…
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USU Extension: Steps to Limit Salmonella Outbreak from Bird Feeders
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has tracked a salmonella outbreak in numerous songbirds, which has…
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Decisions Downstream: New Art-Science Exhibit Offers Insights into Watershed Connections
The exhibit, called Decisions Downstream, will be on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City…
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Building Bridges: USU Natural Resources Researchers Monitor Wildlife Overpass Usage
In May 2020 Nicki Frey, an Extension assistant professor in the S.J & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural…
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Ask an Expert - Tips for Living in Cougar Country
In recent weeks, reports of cougar sightings have increased across Utah, including in urban areas and on hiking trails.
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Caring for Cubs: USU is Helping to Rehab Three Orphaned Bear Cubs
USU is currently helping to care for three orphaned bear cubs - two of which were found near the Book Cliffs area,…
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Ask an Expert - Smartphones and Wildlife a Bad Combination
In recent weeks, curious but misguided wildlife watchers in national parks have had unfortunate encounters with…
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Herbivores, Not Predators, Most At Risk of Extinction
Global study sheds new light on current species declines, past species extinctions, and disruptions to Earth's…
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Enlisting Private Land Owners in Conservation is Essential to Saving Endangered Species
Protected areas, like Yellowstone, are invaluable, but are they actually effective at preserving endangered species?
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True Colors: USU Biologists Explore Evolution of White Coloration of Velvet Ants
Joseph Wilson, Jeni Sidwell and James Pitts report multiple approaches used to investigate adaptive coloration of…