Aaron Haines

The Millersville Animal Museum collection database is now online. The goal of the Millersville Animal Museum Database is to provide a catalog of all vertebrate (i.e., bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian) specimens […]

Because of significant declines in bat populations throughout the country, it is important to ensure that remaining populations have healthy habitats to support their continued survival.  With financial support […]

Millersville Biology Alumni Delaney Costante, Alex Sandercock and Kayli Thomas recently had their undergraduate research published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice, a scientific journal from the […]

The Millersville Applied Conservation Lab has deployed temporary acoustic bat monitoring units along the Kittatinny Ridge of Pa. for Cowans Gap State Park, Swatara State Park, Big Boyd Tree Preserve Conservation […]

On Saturday September 22nd, Millersville hosted the 2nd Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society Wildlife Training Field Day Event.  Approximately 100 students and wildlife professionals from around the state […]

Millersville Biology students Delaney Costante and Grace Smoot both attended the Annual Wildlife Society Meeting which took place in Cleveland Ohio.   This Annual Conference is one of the largest gatherings of w […]

The Center for Conservation Innovation (CCI) at Defenders of Wildlife works at the intersection of conservation science, technology, and policy to develop creative solutions to the biggest challenges facing wi […]

Fun Video of Remote Camera Results

On Saturday September 1st, Millersville Students Delaney Costante, Grace Smoot, Emily Ritter and Michella Salvitti and College of William and Mary students Francesco Franzese and Gian Giger met with Defenders of […]

For Summer 2018, Millersville University is involved in surveying bats in Lancaster County.  This survey effort is being led by Millersville Biology Student Carter Farmer.  The objective of the survey is to d […]

On Friday and Saturday April 6th-7th, 2018, Millersville Biology Faculty Drs. Ryan Wagner, Carol Hepfer, John Wallace and Aaron Haines were accompanied by Millersville undergraduate biology students to attend the […]

We are closing up the trapping season this semester for the Millersville Shrew Project.  The purpose of this project is to monitor the shrew activity and their prey base over the winter season on the Millersville […]

September 18th was a Big Day for Broad-winged hawks over the Millersville Campus.  The Millersville Hawk Watch Team was counting 60-80 birds coming through in one day.  Video and picture below by Kaevin Faccenda.

Millersville Alum Keena Elbin (15′)  has been keeping busy in the field working with American and Hickory Shad all over the Chesapeake bay with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.  She has also been i […]

Millersville Wildlife Ecology students are still following 2 birds remaining in the field.  Below is an update of their locations in and around the Millersville Campus.  Also, below is a picture of the 2 birds t […]

Below is an updated map of the pheasant locations in and around the Millersville Campus during the month of September.  Students have been busy following the birds and recording data. 

Ring-necked pheasant have been radio-collared and released on the Millersville campus.  The Wildlife Ecology & Management Class  is  currently tracking the birds in the field and getting their locations.   St […]

The Millersville Hawk Watch Team has been eyes on the skies looking for migrating birds of prey.  Click on the link below to see what species of hawks, falcons, eagles or vultures have been flying over campus on […]

The Millersville Endangered Species Team is currently working on a paper outlining the results of their first analysis on threats to endangered species in partnership with  students from the College of William […]

In 2014, Meta Griffin graduated with Honors from Millersville University with a Degree in Environmental Biology and a Minor in Chemistry.  After Millersville, Meta took an internship position at the Muscatatuck […]