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The Wyoming Herpetological Society is hosting its first-ever Wyoming Herpetological Symposium at the University of Wyoming. The symposium will take place at the UW Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center auditorium from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. The Biodiversity Institute and the lab of Sean Giery, an associate research professor in UW’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, will sponsor the event. 

University of Wyoming researchers discovered that mice that exercised lowered their risk for contracting Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that could prove promising in helping humans lower their risk of the disease that causes progressive cognitive decline. 

A traveling version of the University of Wyoming’s “The Natural Archive: Glimpses into the University of Wyoming’s Scientific Collections” exhibit will visit libraries across the state beginning in early October. The Wyoming State Library is coordinating the tour, which starts at the Goshen County Library in Torrington. Twenty-five main and branch libraries are hosting the exhibit, which will remain on the road through October 2028.

The former Aquatic Bug Day will emerge from the water and also include a look at terrestrial bug species this year. Wigglers and swimmers will share the stage with creepers, crawlers, and fliers during the renamed UW Bug Day from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 26, at LaPrele Park in Laramie.

Christopher Bastian has been selected as the inaugural Doug and Deniz Stark Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership Professor at the University of Wyoming. Bastian joined UW in 1993 and currently serves as a teaching-research professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, where he has more than 30 years of service.

Just as a city cannot be understood by studying individual buildings without considering the roads connecting them, the brain cannot be fully comprehended by examining individual neurons without studying how they work together as a network. This is how Rongsong Liu, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Zoology and Physiology, views the work she and other researchers conducted using graph theory to better understand autism spectral disorder (ASD) in mice.

A group of Wyoming farmers and ranchers will come together the morning of Sept. 24 doing something few producers ever get to do: communicating to the nation's central bank, in their own words, the challenges the agricultural industry is currently facing.

Throughout the summer, members of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources have earned scholarships, grants, and other honors through their exceptional efforts. Read more about UW’s outstanding awardees below.

A new wildlife documentary gives an unprecedented view into how Yellowstone bison recovered from near-extinction and relearned to migrate. “What Bison See: Restoring Yellowstone’s Lost Migrations” features exclusive footage from the first high-definition camera collars deployed on bison in the national park.

The Wyoming Wool Initiative, in partnership with the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources, is now accepting applications for its 2026-2027 Lamb-a-Year program. This flagship program offers UW students valuable industry experience and provides regional sheep producers with individualized lamb quality data.

For more than a decade, University of Wyoming botany Professor Ellen Currano has been collecting fossilized remnants of trees and plants that thrived about 56 million years ago in what is now Wyoming. Now, Currano’s findings are part of a new scientific paper that reconstructs the forest canopy of 56 million years ago, during a massive and abrupt emission of carbon into the atmosphere during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).

At the edge of the University of Wyoming’s Prexy’s Pasture Thursday, July 30, people gathered around a rare sight in Wyoming for this time of year—a broad-winged hawk. The uncommon bird of prey was found on campus in June with a fractured beak and a significant parasite load. A month later, the young hawk, healed and ready to resume its journey, flew from UW’s lawn to the trees between the S.H. Knight Geology Building and the Engineering Building before heading southeast.

The start of the growing season has been dry, brown, and disappointing for many agricultural producers around Wyoming. Add to that the stress of navigating complex commodity markets and the strain of daily operational and family dynamics, and it’s shaping up to be a very challenging season.

Designed to broaden perspectives and foster meaningful cultural connections, Washakie County 4-H’s 2026 “Courage to Explore: Across Cultures” program combined immersive activities, educational exploration, and personal growth opportunities. The program recently concluded, leaving a lasting impact on the 4-H youth, chaperones, and community members who made the journey possible.

A newly launched framework for migratory big-game conservation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has its roots in efforts piloted by Wyoming and informed by the state’s university.