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Recent Press
Where have all the butterflies gone? (Science Friday, March 7, 2025)
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century (Science, March 6, 2025)
See how butterflies are surviving, or not, near you (New York Times, March 6, 2025)
Study raises the possibility of a country without butterflies (MSU Today, March 6, 2025)
Climate change could be a problem for your gut health (Futurity, March 3, 2025)
More than a gut feeling: How climate change affects GI health (MSU Today, Feb. 27, 2025)
More conservation practices will be rewarded by 45Z credit | Brownfield Ag News, Jan. 21, 2025
Preserving the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary for future generations (MSU NatSci News, Dec. 16, 2024)
Expanding North American Indigenous opportunities on campus and beyond | MSU Today, Nov. 13, 2024
Celebrating the fall migration at W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary (Amplify Kalamazoo, Nov. 7, 2024)
Inaugural Spartan Bus Tour highlights MSU’s statewide impact (WKAR FM, Oct. 24, 2024)
MSU President prepares to tour the State (WLNS Lansing, Oct. 20, 2024)
‘Unparalleled’: Spartans lead research for a sustainable Michigan (MSU Today, Oct. 11)
Spartan Bus Tour 2024 to highlight scope of MSU’s statewide impact (MLive, Oct. 2, 2024)
What the heck is “corn sweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous? (Vox, Aug. 29, 2024)
From the ground up: Syngenta updates ESG goals to support farmers (Farm Journal, Aug. 12, 2024)
Harnessing mussels to filter fresh water (Detroit PBS Great Lakes Now, Aug. 7, 2024)
KBS experience inspires Yager teaching award winner (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 5, 2024)
KBS LTAR leadership recognized by the national LTAR network (MSU CANR News, July 30, 2024)
Getting the most out of your post-wheat cover crops (Morning Ag Clips, July 25, 2024)
Can a data literacy program make science more relatable? (eSchool News, July 18, 2024)
A Spartan bringing sustainable agriculture into the future (MSU Today, July 10, 2024)
Insecticides are biggest butterfly killers in Midwest, lowering wild diversity (MLive, July 9, 2024)
Helping students hear the stories that data tell (MSU NatSci News, July 2, 2024)
Multidisciplinary KBS team produces new conservation tool (MSU CANR News, July 2, 2024)
Is switchgrass a good option for biofuel production? (Michigan Farmer, June 21, 2024)
New ‘detective work’ on butterfly declines reveals a prime suspect (New York Times, June 21, 2024)
Insecticides found to be primary driver of butterfly decline (MSU CANR News, June 20, 2024)
Insecticides found to be primary driver of butterfly decline (MSU Today, June 20, 2024)
MSU’s Kevin Kahmark honored with first mentorship award (GLBRC News, May 20, 2024)
Ag tires and the duality of deflection (Tire Review, April 24, 2024)
Rural water crisis vital to health of the planet | Opinion (Detroit Free Press, April 22, 2024)
New Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program funds four projects (MSU CANR News, April 22, 2024)
A visionary legacy makes a positive difference (MSU Advancement News, March 28, 2024)
Research on historical crop yields reveals insights (Agri-View, Feb. 29, 2024)
Bruno Basso featured on Stateside broadcast (Michigan Public, Jan. 24, 2024)
Analyzing historical crop yields can reveal key soil health insights (MSU Today, Jan. 24, 2024)
Turtles return, 10 years after Kalamazoo River oil spill (Bridge Michigan, Jan. 18, 2024)
Homeowners & farmers increasing native landscape across the state (Fox17, Oct. 25, 2023)
MSU researchers find genetic rescue underused for saving endangered species (wilx.com, Oct. 3, 2023)
Cereal king W.K. Kellogg a conservationist who helped save Canada Goose (The Herald, Sept. 29, 2023)
Nick Haddad: Insects—A silent extinction (The Great Simplification podcast, Sept. 27, 2023)
Partnerships make the Kellogg Biological Station go round (LTER Network News, Aug. 30, 2023)
MSU research suggests natural selection could slow evolution (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 24, 2023)
Healthy soils: A key component of successful agriculture (Michigan Farm News, Aug. 22, 2023)
Undergraduates fuel their curiosity at GLBRC through REU program (GLBRC News, Aug. 8, 2023)
How does tillage fit into a sustainable future? (Brownfield Ag News, Aug. 7, 2023)
Don’t bank on seed banks to save the grasslands (MSU NatSci News, July 27, 2023)
MSU grant to study soil health amid changing rainfall patterns (Morning Ag Clips, July 11, 2023)
MSU cover crop champion Dean Baas recognized as an NCR-SARE Hero (Michigan Farm News, June 29, 2023)
$1.9M USDA grant to support diverse agriculture professionals (MSU Today, June 7, 2023)
The sweet sounds of conservation (3BL CSRwire, May 17, 2023)
Sportsman Outreach takes Barry County students with disabilities fishing (WWMT News, May 17, 2023)
Bird migration: How you can help them get where they’re going safely (Fox 17 News, May 12, 2023)
Growing nitrogen with legume cover crops (MSU AgBioResearch News, May 10, 2023)
MSU helps agriculture adapt to climate change (WILX.com, May 4, 2023)
Mixing theory, observation to envision warmer world (MSU NatSci News, April 26, 2023)
Klotz receives 2023 Spirit of CANR Award (MSU CANR News, April 14, 2023)
A History of Hickory Corners (Tales of Southwest Michigan’s Past podcast, April 14, 2023)
MSU explores prairie strip benefits (Brownfield Ag News, April 12, 2023)
Three EEB grad students named NSF-GRFP fellows (MSU NatSci EEB News, April 12, 2023)
The Spartan scientists helping agriculture adapt to a changing planet (MSU Today, April 3, 2023)
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center receives funding renewal (MSU Today, March 20, 2023)
Weathering the storm: Exploring flooding in agriculture (Open Access Government, March 17, 2023)
The Grassed of Us: How biofuel crops harness fungal defenders (MSU Today, March 15, 2023)
Prairie strips, other systems studied (Agri-View, March 11, 2023)
Ants disperse seeds farther in habitat patches with corridors (Conservation Corridor, March 8, 2023)
Learning from the meltwater stonefly before we lose it (MSU NatSci News, March 2, 2023)
New MSU research helps better quantify soil carbon stock changes (MSU CANR News, Feb. 27, 2023)
Mystery solved: Why switchgrass takes the summer off (Futurity.org, Jan. 30, 2023)
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards (MSU Today, Jan. 30, 2023)
Why this promising biofuel crop takes a summer break (MSU Today, Jan. 25, 2023)
MSU Research Foundation awards $5M grant (MSU Today, Jan. 18, 2023)
Exploring how traits stay or go on plant’s evolutionary journey (MSU NatSci News, Jan. 4, 2023)
Starting small to better understand key steps in the carbon cycle (Morning Ag Clips, Dec. 15, 2022)
More biodiversity isn’t a silver bullet for ecosystem restoration (MSU NatSci News, Nov. 14, 2022)
Some harlequin frogs — presumed extinct — have been rediscovered (ScienceNews, Nov. 11, 2022)
Kalamazoo supports healthy bird habitat with city commission action (MLive, Nov. 10, 2022)
A holistic approach to assessing soil health (Open Access Government, Nov. 9, 2022)
Up to 32 frog species thought to be extinct may not be, new research shows (Phys.org, Nov. 8, 2022)
Colorful frogs downed by disease are making a surprising comeback (Science, Nov. 8, 2022)
Back from the dead: Meet the frogs overcoming extinction (MSU Today, Nov. 8, 2022)
Propelling Women in Power: S. Carolina Córdova (Wisconsin Energy Institute podcast, Aug. 25, 2022)
What turtles can teach us about living longer (MLive, Aug. 20, 2022)
Can farmers fight climate change? New U.S. law gives them billions to try (Science, Aug. 16, 2022)
Tart cherry roots and canopies (Good Fruit Grower, Aug. 9, 2022)
How a little prairie can help farms and nature (MSU Today, July 28, 2022)
Revealing ‘evolution’s solutions’ to aging (MSU Today, June 23, 2022)
What guppy guts can teach us about evolution (MSU Today, May 26, 2022)
In soil, death doesn’t stop the spread of antibiotic resistance (MSU Today, April 8, 2022)
New MSU research explores growing biofuel crops on marginal land (No-till Farmer, March 21, 2022)
Basso appointed to prestigious National Academies board (MSU Today, March 1, 2022)
MSU’s Bruno Basso appointed to prestigious National Academies board (MSU NatSci News, Feb. 28, 2022)
A record year for Spartan scientists (MSU Today, Jan. 26, 2022)
Fallow farmland may offset climate change better than fields in use (MLive, Jan. 11, 2022)
Timeline of the no-till revolution (No-till Farmer, Jan. 10, 2022)
Farmers chase migrating crops in a warming climate (Spartan Newsroom, Jan. 3, 2022)
Mating, tattoos and leaving home: A tale of growing up guppy (MSU Today, Dec. 6, 2021)
Measuring and predicting soil carbon to offset climate change (MSU Today, Oct. 20, 2021)
What does groundwater have to do with lake algal blooms? (MSU Today, Sept. 29, 2021)
Learning from a ‘living fossil’ (MSU Today, Aug. 30, 2021)
My Spartan Summer (MSU Today, Aug. 27, 2021)
Faculty voice: Keeping the rain out (MSU Today, Aug. 25, 2021)
Are zebra mussels eating or helping toxic algae? (MSU Today, June 24, 2021)
First EEB postdoctoral fellows bring accomplishment, ambition (MSU NatSci EEB News, April 6, 2021)
Midwest farmers can adapt to climate change through soil management (Ag Daily, March 10, 2021)
Adaptation, not irrigation recommended for Midwest corn farmers (MSU Today, March 9, 2021)
Edge of agriculture: Crop configuration and pest suppression (Mirage News, March 5, 2021)
‘Planting green’ has advantages if done correctly (Farmer’s Exchange, Jan. 22, 2021)
Nine faculty named 2020 highly cited researchers (MSU Today, Dec. 4, 2020)
Mapping a greener future on farms (MSU Today, Oct. 8, 2020)
Synchronizing drought tolerance on, and underneath, the farm (MSU NatSci News, Sept. 14, 2020)
No-till farming improves crop yields, study finds (Petoskey News, Sept. 9, 2020)
No-till farming improves crop yields, study finds (Spartan Newsroom, Sept. 4, 2020)
MSU study finds no-till farming yields long-term economic benefits (Great Lakes Echo, Aug. 7, 2020)
Under climate change, good things come to bugs who wait (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 6, 2020)
MSU researcher earns grant to study effects of droughts (MSU Today, July 29, 2020)
‘Corn sweat’ may exacerbate heat impact in Midwest this weekend (Washington Post, July 15, 2020)
No-till increases crop yields, environmental gains over long haul (No-till Farmer, May 20, 2020)
The Zillow app of agricultural regeneration (MSU NatSci News, April 30, 2020)
Designing a system for broadcast interseeding (Morning AgClips, April 28, 2020)
Welcome to the new world of digital agriculture (Forbes, April 22, 2020)
Digital agriculture paves the road to agricultural sustainability (MSU Today, April 22, 2020)
Digital agriculture to design sustainable agricultural systems (Nature, April 16, 2020)
Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability (MSU Today, Feb. 27, 2020)
Decarbonizing your ride for a more stable climate (MSU AgBioResearch News, Feb. 24, 2020)
Satellite and yield data identify unprofitable acres (Future Farming, Jan. 23, 2020)
Technology grows on farmers, producers (Greater Lansing Business Monthly, Sept. 30, 2019)
Habitat corridors increase plant diversity over decades (AAAS, Sept. 26, 2019)
The last butterflies? (Scientific American, Sept. 19, 2019)
Global change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands (MSU Today, Sept. 5, 2019)
MSU leads $2 million grant on outdoor science learning (MSU Today, Aug. 23 ,2019)
Scientists discover new mechanism for how soils store carbon (NSF Research News, July 30, 2019)
Soil pore structure is key to carbon storage (Science Daily, July 26, 2019)
New paper points to soil pore structure as key to carbon storage (MSU Today, July 23, 2019)
Understanding farmer attitudes can help address water quality issues (LTER Network, July 22, 2019)
Earlier spring favors invasive plants (Forbes. July 17, 2019)
West Southwest: Searching for the last butterflies (WMUK FM, July 7, 2019)
Algae blooms fed by farm flooding add to Midwest’s climate woes (Inside Climate News. June 26, 2019)
New book delves into the lives of the world’s rarest butterflies (MSU CANR News. June 19, 2019)
NatSci graduate students win prestigious fellowship (MSU Today. April 30, 2019)
Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland (MSU Today. April 15, 2019)
Looking for the right conditions for bees to flourish (Farm Progress. March 14, 2019)
Carrying the LTER torch forward (AgBio Futures. January 1, 2019)
Studying the impact of diversity in all forms (AgBio Futures. January 1, 2019)
MSU aquatic ecologist lands grant to study phytoplankton traits (MSU NatSci News. October 7, 2018)
Fog is full of microbes (The Atlantic. August 28, 2018)
Revealing how bacteria, grasses fix nitrogen (WSU Insider. August 8, 2018)
Researchers explore diversity as new weapon against crop pests (MSU Today. July 24, 2018)
Hippo waste causes fish kills in Africa’s Mara River (Eureka Alert. May, 2018).
Cellulosic biofuels can benefit the environment if managed correctly (MSU Today. June 30, 2017)
$2 million NSF grant awarded to predict future viability of phytoplankton (MSU Today. June 14, 2017)
Steve Hamilton named inaugural Society for Freshwater Science fellow (MSU Today. May 25, 2017)
Farming with drones hones in on drier zones (WKAR Radio. March 22, 2017)
Spartan barley grown at the KBS on tap (MSU Extension. October 18, 2016)
MSU/KBS ecologist Stephen Hamilton on the Kalamazoo River post-oil spill (WMUK. March 21, 2016)
Craft breweries bet on sustainability (mibiz.com. March 2016)
Internship Spotlight: William Davie (MSU College of Natural Science. November 2015)
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