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A family poses for photos outside the W.K. Kellogg Manor House with autumn gardens in the background.

Sunday, Oct. 3 | Family Photos at the Manor House

09.15.21

Take family photos worth treasuring forever this fall or winter season amidst the splendor of the W.K. Kellogg Manor House and grounds. About The Manor House is offering two sessions this year—one in October, one in December—in ... Read More

KBS LTER undergraduate researcher Annabelle McCarthy, peers through binoculars while standing in an agricultural field planted with prairie strips. Credit to Jamie Smith.

KBS joins multi-state effort to increase the adoption of prairie strips across the Midwest

09.09.21

Before there were the gently rolling hills of farmland and forest we see today, southwest Michigan’s landscape included large areas of prairie habitat. Dominated by wildflowers, grasses, and sedges, these habitats were maintained by ... Read More

A trio of brown bats huddle on a stone surface.

September-October | Trails and Tales: Bats

08.18.21

The popular Trails and Tales program will continue at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, with new storylines. Together with the Richland Community Library, the Sanctuary will have new themes for the storybook walk and activities this summer ... Read More

A view of fungi sampled from rain through a microscope, appearing as dark blue blotches and squiggles against a light blue circle.

Follow the fungi: New research explores how rain and seeds help grow fungal communities

08.11.21

The fungi that live in the seeds and in the leaves of plants play a part in the overall health and productivity of their host plants. That role isn't well-defined despite big implications of that understanding for farmers and other land ... Read More

Cheyenne Cope, wearing a pink baseball cap, smiles at the camera while standing in a wooded area.

Hungry geese and hidden birds: A summer at Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

08.10.21

If there’s one word Cheyenne Cope would use to describe her summer at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, it would be corn. Cheyenne is the visitor experience intern at Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. For this internship, she greets visitors to ... Read More

Head shot photo of Ashlynn Toles wearing an MSU T-shirt against a grey background.

Care and conservation: A summer for the birds

08.10.21

Many students gain valuable experience spending the summer at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. This is especially true for intern Ashlynn Toles. Ashlynn is a rising senior at Michigan State University, studying environmental biology and ... Read More

Headshot portrait of Dr. Kadeem J. Gilbert.

KBS welcomes esteemed plant biologist as newest faculty member

08.06.21

He's well-acquainted with the tropical plants and landscapes of Southeast Asia. But for Dr. Kadeem J. Gilbert, sandhill cranes visiting an agricultural field after a corn harvest counts as an unusual sight. Not for long, however. The ... Read More

A cluster of invasive zebra mussels sits on the sandy floor of Gull Lake.

Long-term data, ‘fortuitous’ event key to establishing link between zebra mussels and toxic algae

07.29.21

A trove of long-term data on zebra mussels and a type of blue-green algae in Gull Lake turned a mass die-off of the invasive shellfish into a research opportunity for W.K. Kellogg Biological Station researchers. Zebra mussels (Dreissena ... Read More

Ceco Maples, wearing a black T-shirt and a blue baseball cap, smiles at the camera against a background of trees and shrubs.

Digging into summer: Research and recreation at KBS

07.28.21

For Ceco Maples, summer at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station means spending as much time outdoors as possible. Ceco is a rising junior at Michigan State University, studying biology and anthropology. He is an Undergraduate Research ... Read More

Glade Dlott stands in a wooded area wearing a jacket and hat, looking at the camera and holding two dark-colored mushrooms.

KBS welcomes new postdoctoral researcher to Evans Lab

07.27.21

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community is excited to welcome Dr. Glade Dlott, who is joining the Evans Lab as a postdoctoral research associate. Glade Dlott Dlott, a microbial ecologist, comes to KBS from Stanford ... Read More

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