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Fog in the Namib (photo credit Juliane Zeidler)

Study on fog carrying coastal microbes inland featured in The Atlantic

08.31.18

A collaborative study by KBS assistant professor Sarah Evans, KBS graduate student Robert Logan, Cary Institute researcher Kathleen Weathers and Bard College professor Eli Dueker exploring the biology of fog was recently featured in The ... Read More

Gross ends role as KBS director; Conner steps in

08.28.18

Katherine (Kay) Gross has stepped down as KBS Director after 14 years in that position, and over 30 years total spent at KBS. Her leadership has brought KBS immeasurable gains, and we appreciate all she has done for our ... Read More

Moving forward in the dark: Sean Griffin and his bees

08.27.18

Science is often a series of failures that teach us how to succeed. After a first field season riddled with messes, graduate student Sean Griffin is making a beeline toward his research on pollinators in his second year of field ... Read More

Wetzel comes to KBS to conduct research on plant-insect relationships

08.23.18

Will Wetzel, an assistant professor in MSU’s Department of Entomology, has been coming to KBS to conduct field research for the past two years. He and his team of students and postdoctoral researchers are interested in understanding ... Read More

Students walk along the dock at the Gull Lake Marina at sunset.

A change of scenery: From community college to climate change

08.15.18

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

New signs honor the history of the Kellogg Estate

08.14.18

On May 21, three official historical signs were installed on KBS's campus, honoring the history of W.K. Kellogg's estate and educating guests. The signs tell the stories of three places at KBS: the Caretaker's Cottage the Carriage ... Read More

Rotational grazing mitigates greenhouse gas emissions

07.30.18

According to data from the United Nations, livestock generate 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and cattle are responsible for more emissions than any other livestock species. Using rotational grazing is one way livestock farmers ... Read More

Mridul Thomas in Antarctica

KBS alumni update: Mridul Thomas

07.24.18

In 2007 Mridul Thomas arrived in Hickory Corners from India to pursue a Ph.D. in Elena Litchman’s lab. Since earning his Ph.D. in Zoology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior from MSU, Thomas spent almost three years as a ... Read More

Student presenting research poster

KBS summer students from 2017 awarded SEEDS Fellowships

07.23.18

The SEEDS program (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability) of ESA annually gives travel awards to undergraduates to attend the ESA annual meeting. This year, two 2017 KBS summer students, Torel Beard (Michigan State ... Read More

Matthew Kolp

Kolp awarded for excellence in teaching

07.17.18

Many of us remember having teachers that changed our lives and helped us learn in innovative ways. For his MSU students, Matthew Kolp is that teacher. Kolp, who is a graduate teaching assistant at KBS this summer, received an ... Read More

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