Hickory Corners, Mich.—Minimizing soil disturbances and increasing additions of plant biomass to soil are well-known practices for increasing the carbon storage potential of soil, which is an important tool in stemming the rise of global ... Read More
New book chronicles researcher’s quest for the world’s rarest butterflies
Conservation biologist Nick Haddad didn't set out to study rare butterflies. His undergraduate studies didn't focus on butterflies at all. Yet the plight of the St. Francis' Satyr, a butterfly so scarce that it's found in artillery ranges ... Read More
Writing my own KBS experience
2019 KBS External Communications Intern, Grace Beltowski, is a Professional Writing major at Michigan State University. Grace wrote about her first week as a writer in a biological field station setting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is ... Read More
KBS Long-term Ecological Research program receives NSF renewal grant
The MSU Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program recently received a 4-year renewal grant of $4.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This new phase of the LTER, to be led by KBS ... Read More
A change of scenery: From community college to climate change
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Jessica Waters, left MiraCosta College in California for a summer at KBS. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project working with ... Read More
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