Research/teaching focuses on scientific ethics, integrity, and responsible conduct of research. He has several federally funded grants and serves as an editor for Journal of Mammalogy. Of his publications, ~20 are about bats. In the last five years, Bill has been working on projects assessing how bats adjust and use abandoned mines in the Great Basin. He also is involved in projects with prairie dogs and other squirrel species, and has three little hominids of his own.