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Corn is harvested in a field at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

MSU, KBS team develops scalable climate solutions for agricultural carbon markets

09.26.25

Recent research from Michigan State University, led by W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member and agricultural systems scientist Bruno Basso, addresses a major problem in agricultural carbon markets: how to set an accurate starting ... Read More

A red-cockaded woodpecker perches on a small tree trunk.

On a Florida bombing range, endangered woodpeckers get a second chance

08.25.25

Conservation biologists from Michigan State University are looking back through time to determine the success of a 30-year intervention and monitoring project designed to rescue the red-cockaded woodpecker, a long-imperiled bird living ... Read More

Close up of a bin of dried corn cobs of various colors.

Small grains in Michigan: A reflection on the 2025 Food Grade Grains Field Day

07.30.25

“What was the last delicious whole grain that you had the pleasure of enjoying?” asked Julie Doll, CEO of Michigan Agriculture Advancement. The 90 participants attending the second annual Food Grade Grains Field Day reflected on this ... Read More

The Shah Lab’s Postdoctoral Research Associate Rosemary Martin holding an eastern red-spotted newt from inside the KBS pond lab.

Inside the Pond Lab: Studying climate change through aquatic species at KBS

07.23.25

At Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Dr. Alisha Shah and her team conduct hands-on fieldwork to better understand how climate change affects aquatic related organisms. On June 3, 2025, members of the Shah Lab, ... Read More

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Third annual KBS BioBlitz connects community through science 

07.23.25

Held over two daytime sessions, the third annual W.K. Kellogg Biological Station BioBlitz event invited participants to observe and record as many plant and animal species as possible across the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Volunteers of ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Christine Sprunger.

Sprunger receives TAP Award, recognized as changemaker in global food security

07.07.25

W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member Christine Sprunger is one of 39 visionaries named to the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers, or TAP, list by the World Food Prize Foundation. Now in its second year, the TAP list honors individuals ... Read More

Phil Robertson elected to National Academy of Sciences for 2025

06.30.25

Phil Robertson, University Distinguished Professor of ecosystem science at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and in Michigan State University’s Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of ... Read More

A Florida scrub jay perches on a tree branch.

Conservation focusing on birds of a feather may have mixed results, MSU- and KBS-led study shows

05.27.25

Conservation strategies are turning back the doomsday clock in threatened Florida Scrub-Jays – but not without caveats, a new study published in Current Biology shows.  In the early 2000s, conservationists proposed a plan to move ... Read More

Elena Litchman named a fellow by the Ecological Society of America

05.02.25

Elena Litchman, a W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member and MSU Research Foundation Professor of aquatic ecology in Michigan State University’s Department of Integrative Biology, is one of eight recent fellows named by the ... Read More

Head shot of Nick Haddad.

Haddad among four MSU researchers named AAAS Fellows

04.02.25

In March 2025, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member Nick Haddad, along with Michigan State University colleagues Gemma Reguera, Laura McCabe and Michael Thoennessen, were recognized as 2024 fellows of the American Association for ... Read More

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