In the 1920’s W.K. Kellogg donated the lands that would become the Kellogg Farm and Dairy and Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Around the same time the Manor House was completed, beginning KBS’s legacy of conservation, research, and education. ... Read More
Robertson named among most highly cited in global list
G. Philip Robertson, KBS faculty member and University Distinguished Professor of Ecosystem Science in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, has been named in the annual Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited ... 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
Conner honored with Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Twenty-five outstanding MSU College of Natural Science (NatSci) faculty, staff, and students were recognized for their achievements and contributions at the NatSci Annual State of the College meeting and Awards Ceremony held Nov. 16 at ... Read More
Pharmaceutical pollution concentrate in stream insects, found to move up the food chain
A new collaborative study is the first to show that pharmaceutical pollution in waterways are passed within the food chain when the contaminated insects are eaten by predators. KBS Professor and Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Ecosystem ... Read More
KBS aquatic ecologist awarded NSF grant to study phytoplankton traits in four southwest Michigan lakes
MSU/KBS aquatic ecologist Elena Litchman is leading a three-year, $993,000 project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin ... Read More
KBS alumni update: Mridul Thomas
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
KBS summer students from 2017 awarded SEEDS Fellowships
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
Future gift to enrich the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
Having lived within two blocks of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) since 1973, one of David Dvorak’s favorite forms of relaxation is visiting the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary with family. Dr. Dvorak and companion, Karol J. ... Read More
Boldness in bass: Personality affects juvenile survival and adult reproductive success
Nick Ballew, Kim Scribner, and Gary Mittelbach have published a new manuscript in the American Naturalist. The publication is based on a study done by Nick as part of his Doctoral Dissertation in Zoology (2014) which investigated the ... Read More
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