UW professor leads students in program to save Wyoming's bats from deadly disease

UW professor leads students in program to save Wyoming's bats from deadly disease

LARAMIE, Wyo. –– The aptly named little brown bat plays a very big role in Wyoming’s ecosystem. “They can eat half of their body weight in insects each night, so that would be like a 100-pound woman eating 50 pounds of food,” said Dr. Riley Bernard, an associate professor at the University of Wyoming Department […]

UW professor leads students in program to save Wyoming’s bats from deadly disease

LARAMIE, Wyo. –– The aptly named little brown bat plays a very big role in Wyoming’s ecosystem. “They can eat half of their body weight in insects each night, so that would be like a 100-pound woman eating 50 pounds of food,” said Dr. Riley Bernard, an associate professor at the University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology. She also leads the Bernard Research Lab, focusing specifically on bats. While different migratory and permane…