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Our lab studies the ecology and conservation of wildlife in human-modified landscapes, with a particular focus on the ecological, social, and historical forces that shape how people and animals share space. We mainly work across two systems: the Okavango Delta of northern Botswana, where I have spent over a decade studying human-lion conflict, lion movement ecology, and the sociocultural dimensions of coexistence, and the greater Lewiston-Auburn area of central Maine, where we are investigating how bobcats and coyotes partition space and time along an urban-rural gradient. Across both systems, our work is united by one core belief: successful wildlife conservation and management require an understanding of people, history, and power just as deeply as they require an understanding of ecology. At ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, research in the lab is driven by students, who are involved in every stage of the process from question development to fieldwork to publication.