Scientist. Professor & Institute Director. I research wildlife ecology & animal behavior, primarily studying 🐻🦊🐺🐱, their prey, & 🦫 to reduce conflicts and increase coexistence | she, her https://drjuliekyoung.weebly.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3ml6qxnkik22xSave the date!!!06 May 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6qxnkik22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mknyinmwsk2qNew paper on beavers 🦫 out today 🧪 We looked for linkages between animal behavior and translocation success. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S000334722600123529 Apr 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknyinmwsk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mjnd4twees23Our paper came out today on experimental insights into scent-marking behavior of coyotes during territorial establishment and re-establishment. This was a FUN experiment to run!🧪 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjz-2025-011516 Apr 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnd4twees23https://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mj643cqke22gHappy news came today! This letter should come with a tweed sports coat with elbow patches. 🎓10 Apr 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj643cqke22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mj5s4nsu2k2dRoland Kays made a cool vidoe of our work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ22GHxHAKs The paper is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-33189-y 🧪🐾10 Apr 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5s4nsu2k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mgohkzqlxk2hHonored to join the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group! www.hwctf.org/about https://www.hwctf.org/about10 Mar 2026 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgohkzqlxk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mfnflgka5s26🧪🐻🚨We're hiring techs for bear work this summer: https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=11352025 Feb 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfnflgka5s26https://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mfksqwqakk2uFun interview today: https://youtu.be/3UWeiWiS3sY?t=8572 🧪👩‍🔬23 Feb 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfksqwqakk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mdv4zt6ins2tNew paper out today on genetic connectivity of cougars in Utah🐈🧪🧬 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-025-01754-702 Feb 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdv4zt6ins2thttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mdggjaoem22jSouth Jackson Sr Wildl Biol position @ WGFD in Star Valley, Lincoln County, WY. Potential applicants are welcome to reach out to learn more.27 Jan 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdggjaoem22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mbrrl5l5f22tCool coyote article about ❤️‍🩹! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/coyote-love-grief-science06 Jan 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrrl5l5f22thttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3mabmpywozc2oApril Wood and I were interviewed about the status of our nonlethal tool research to reduce depredations by mountain lions in California. Listen here: https://www.cfbf.com/ag-news/voice-of-california-agriculture-podcast 🧪🐱🐑🐂🐐🐎18 Dec 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabmpywozc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3ma7lirgtsk2uOur study is published on linking behavior and predation data to improve inference on interspecific risk perception in carnivores. learn all about how 🐱deal with 🐻! 🧪https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.7050317 Dec 2025 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7lirgtsk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3ma4rb3uswk2iFinal paper by Mitch and all! On how introduced wild pigs affect the foraging ecology of a native predator as both prey and scavenger. 🧪🐖🐱https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wlb3.0158116 Dec 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4rb3uswk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3m6wybqeoh22vUSU Today wrote about our research on a new device for deterring livestock predators. 🧪🐑🐂 Commercially available soon - bug herddogg.com! url:https://www.usu.edu/today/story/simple-flashing-ear-tag-technology-shows-promise-for-deterring-livestock-predators https://herddogg.com/01 Dec 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wybqeoh22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3m6wwinmuj22uFun to be a small part of a big 🔥🐆🦌🐻 paper published in @ecography.bsky.social http://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.0822501 Dec 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wwinmuj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3m65kcuhp4s2u🧪🐷🦌New paper out today on (lack of) competition between native deer and wild pigs: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.7045521 Nov 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65kcuhp4s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3m5wjbnqdec2mTool use by wolves! So cool: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/17/wolf-tool-use-animals/18 Nov 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wjbnqdec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3m3q3jaoda22a🚨 Hiring a field technician! Help us live-trap (for GPS collars) and camera-trap mesocarnivores in Wichita, KS! See details here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tKEkz0Z9wSDcc8MVf1EftIHCHSkfqyO3CHTCVXCQ1jI/edit?usp=sharing 🧪🦊🐱21 Oct 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3q3jaoda22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3m364tet5p22w🚨 Live or want to visit Michigan this winter? Come work for us! Short-term tech job in December, with housing: https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=109699 🐻🧪❄️14 Oct 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m364tet5p22whttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3m2wddtd2j22sOur paper just came out on animal behavior & translocations! 🧪 https://kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fc%2F1lwB4mjMA47j/1/01020199d2bca3cf-e1b85a65-57a8-4dec-a513-a24c3da0d764-000000/ClMiKIfimIFZHxQn7-TBWXc4MhQ=44711 Oct 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wddtd2j22shttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3lzywbv4vdk2kFun to be a tiny part (cougar & coyote data from Utah) of this research by Fagan & team! 🐱🐺🧪 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.240104212229 Sep 2025 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzywbv4vdk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3lzrgltmnt22k🚨Great job with great people in Alaska 🐺🦌🧪 We are recruiting for a wildlife biologist to support our predator-prey program in Southeast Alaska. This application is now open. This is a great career starting point with room for growth in this field. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/%7B0%7Dalaska/jobs/newprint/506045126 Sep 2025 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrgltmnt22khttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3lz2fkc3dn22fGraduate position (PhD or MS) available on mountain lions🐱 at USU! Check it out: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CahASNfVSGmCMG8gSteUUtTMPo4_9wyA/view?usp=sharing17 Sep 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2fkc3dn22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3lwc5653doc2sCome join my lab!!! 🧪🦊🐺🐱seeking a PhD student for urban mesocarnivore research. Details at https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=108381 or my website: drjuliekyoung.weebly.com13 Aug 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwc5653doc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3lvytiej2ds2lNow it made it to @npr.org on @waitwaitdonttellme.bsky.social! 🧪🐺🐮🤩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2025 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvytiej2ds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3lvoxza634k2cGrad student Lori McCurdy in my lab is working on reducing wolf depredation and created this clip of 'voices' for intense human sounds 😂 Intense scene from Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver’s film ‘Marriage Story’ is great for scaring away wolves, apparently https://share.google/mcvEDx3nN0iIiCkGq06 Aug 2025 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvoxza634k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3lulvnhqink2zNice coverage of our research about how livestock guardian dogs help in farms! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/montana-grizzly-bears-guard-dogs.html?smid=bs-share23 Jul 2025 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lulvnhqink2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjuliekyoung.bsky.social/post/3luljh3de522gWe're hiring! Remote work on red wolf behavior 🐺🧪 https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=10793622 Jul 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:xmncjsrd6pyj754dnoz3kdp3/app.bsky.feed.post/3luljh3de522g