Listen to this episode in iTunes Today on the podcast we are discussing a particularly interesting viral media story that I’m guessing a bunch of folks out there in the audience may have come across recently. Researchers Evan Buechley and ...

Episode Summary: Today on the show we are talking with Ph.D. candidate from the University of Utah, Mark Chynoweth.  Mark is conducting fascinating research on large carnivores in Eastern Turkey, focusing specifically on Gray Wolves, Brown Bears and the Eurasian ...

A close relative of the Piute ground squirrel, the Uinta ground squirrel (Urocitellus armatus) inhabits eastern Idaho, southern Montana, western Wyoming, and northern Utah. Hibernating up to 9 months out of the year, these squirrels form a key prey base for many ...

Despite their reputation for impaling reptiles on thorns and barbed-wire fences, in many parts of their range, the diet of the Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) consists mainly of insects. Spiders, such as the one captured by this shrike in Tooele ...

Episode Summary: Today's episode of the podcast is a continuation of this month's theme of vulture conservation across the globe. Our guest is PhD candidate at the University of Utah, Evan Buechley. Evan has worked with vultures on three continents ...

It was brought to my attention that we often focus so much on top predators that we forget about the little guys. The various prey species raptors and other birds depend on are important in their own right. Prey densities ...

After 39 weeks this is officially the first time I've used the same species twice during this 52-week project. I'm happy that it is the Mountain Bluebird. I was excited to visit my old stomping grounds in southern Utah and ...