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Seventeen students at the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) at Sul Ross State University have been selected to receive $122,750 in…

West Texas Black Bears Slowly Returning Researchers are trapping black bears and affixing GPS tracking collars to study the bruins…

Maya and Zach on the Dixon Water Foundation Mimms Ranch in Marfa.

Registration is now open for Water in the Desert, a first-of-its-kind conference about water in the Chihuahuan Desert of West…

Three nonprofit conservation-focused organizations located in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas are partnering on a watershed enhancement project with…

Check out this podcast from Houston Safari Club Foundation featuring BRI Researcher Dr. Amanda Veals Dutt! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hunting-matters/id1519068446?i=1000629735306 Black Bears in…

On the Decie, Wiley pointed out an arroyo that had been deeply eroded due to the loss of native grasses that once held together its banks.

Researchers at Borderlands Research Institute in Alpine, TX are embarking on unprecedented research to learn what our Texas bears are eating, how they survive, and how the public can successively live alongside them as Texas’s population continues to expand in the west.

The Borderlands Research Institute is marking 15 years since its founding, and there’s a lot to celebrate. In our latest…

Field work continues for Brooke Bowman, who is currently researching loons in Wyoming with a seasonal job she landed during the course of her graduate studies with BRI.

Borderlands Research Institute scientists will collaborate on a portion of research with Texas A&M University at Kingsville (TAMUK). TAMUK received…

The Borderlands Research Institute welcomed the job corps members for an evening of introductions about student programs at BRI, including our BUMP program (BRI Undergraduate Mentorship Program).