Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Building the Bat Family Tree

Coming Thursday January 21, 2010, 6:00PM at the Stillwater Public Library...


Molecular Evidence Reveals Bat History

"Bat Man" Dr. Ron Van Den Bussche from the OSU zoology department will speak about his research into the evolution of a family of bats that makes up eight percent of all mammal species!


If you'd like to prepare for this presentation (or learn more afterwards) here are some resources to check out!


Other researchers doing similar work:

Scientists Fill Blanks on Bat Family Tree (article)

Bats and Their Evolution (video)

General Background:
Vespertilionidae - the family of bats we'll be looking at
Speciation (video)

The Tree of Life (video):


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