Biodiversity Institute

The Biodiversity Institute fosters the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of biological diversity by engaging a broad audience in the scientific process. We work with scientists, resource managers, educators, and the public to offer a unique service to Wyoming, our nation, and the world, by facilitating collaborative research projects, synthesizing and disseminating research, distributing grants, and providing educational, outreach, and community science programs for students and the public.

Volunteer to support biodiversity research in Wyoming throughout the year! You can snowshoe through our national forests to help us count moose, or hike through wetlands in search of native amphibians, report your observations of turkey vultures on UW's campus or around Wyoming, help migrating Western tiger salamanders safely get across Laramie roads on rainy nights, collect native grass samples to help us learn about native plant regrowth following forest fires, and much more.