Archives for 2025

Habitat loss causing inbreeding problems in Michigan Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake populations

09.27.25

Roads, buildings and farms are preventing Michigan’s only rattlesnake from finding mates outside of their population. A 15-year study shows that fragmentation into smaller, more isolated patches is likely reducing the threatened snake’s ... Read More

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

Thursday, Oct. 16 | Owl Prowl at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

09.15.25

In the quiet stillness of night, owls are often easier heard than seen. Join W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary staff to look and listen for owls after dark. The basics About An Owl Prowl will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, ... Read More

MSU colleges of Natural Science and Agriculture and Natural Resources, KBS students present at ESA’s annual meeting

09.01.25

Numerous students from Michigan State University’s colleges of Natural Science and Agriculture and Natural Resources were selected to present their research at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, or ESA. Several ... Read More

A lack of attention to warming winters can paint an incomplete picture of how plants respond to climate change

08.27.25

Scientists may be underestimating how plants will respond to rising global temperatures when they study hot summers but not warming winters, Michigan State University ecologists found. An MSU team synthesized data from 126 simulated ... Read More

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

October 9, 21 & 29 | Autumn Craft Classes with the Manor House

08.20.25

Create a beautiful autumn flower arrangement at one of three upcoming events offered at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. The basics Classes are led by Sherri Snyder, local artist and owner of Green Goddess Farms, and will meet ... Read More

Saturday, Sept. 13 | Fall Migration Guided Bird Hike

08.15.25

Join Sanctuary staff and fellow bird enthusiasts from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, to practice identification skills by sight and sound on a walk through the Sanctuary. The basics About Participants in the guided walk ... Read More

Sunday, Sept. 7 | Storytime at the Sanctuary with Buffy Silverman

08.15.25

The W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary is hosting a special author reading of the September Storybook Walk selection, “Starlight Symphony,” by Buffy Silverman. The basics About During the reading, set for 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Sunday, ... Read More

The best field trip since elementary school

08.14.25

Earlier this summer I went to a farmers market in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I bought some ancient grains from Shady Side Farms. Little did I know that my summer job would bring me back to that farm. Initially, when I knew I would be ... Read More