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A prairie strip runs through a reduced-input plot at the KBS Long-term Ecological Research program site.

KBS-based project funded by new program focused on climate resiliency in agriculture

04.30.24

A W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member has secured funding for an upcoming research project, one of four studies funded by the new Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program. Dr. Christine Sprunger, an assistant professor in the ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Sarah Fitzpatrick, taken against a green background.

KBS faculty member awarded Fulbright grant to continue research in conservation genomics

02.29.24

Sarah Fitzpatrick, associate professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Integrative Biology and resident W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member, has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for the 2024-25 ... Read More

Sketch of a dark-eyed junco, a small grey and white bird, from a nature journal.

Article publication a second chapter in nature journaling outreach experience

02.01.24

For the past three years, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station outreach staff and fellows have offered a program focused on nature journaling. First staged in spring 2020, the program originated as a series of online sessions that combined short ... Read More

Holly Vander Stel stands with MSU College of Natural Science Dean Phillip Duxbury, holding the certificate for her support staff award honor.

KBS faculty, academic staff members recognized by MSU’s College of Natural Science

12.22.23

Two W.K. Kellogg Biological Station employees have garnered awards from Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science for excellence in their work and mentoring activities. Holly Vander Stel Holly Vander Stel is the lab manager ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Sarah Reimer.

Making a difference behind the scenes: Sarah Reimer named KBS Employee of the Year

12.21.23

Sarah Reimer, KBS office supervisor, has been named the KBS Support Staff Employee of the Year.  The award was announced at an annual fall gathering of KBS faculty, staff and students on Friday, Oct. 27. Sarah Reimer Sarah came to ... Read More

The sun rises behind a stand of deciduous trees on a snowy ridge.

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, rest of KBS campus to close for winter break

12.08.23

W.K. Kellogg Biological Station will observe the Michigan State University winter break closure, which is set for Monday, Dec. 25, through Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. This includes the Kellogg Manor House and the KBS academic campus. The W.K. ... Read More

REU student Maggie Jones walks on a boardwalk path through a forest at Sleeping Dunes State Park, as part of a KBS summer field trip.

Applications now open for 2024 summer programs at KBS

12.08.23

Calling all undergraduate students looking for an unforgettable summer experience—applications are now open for W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s 2024 summer programs. A KBS summer KBS hosts students each summer for a pair of research ... Read More

Robin Waterman stands in the middle of a rectangular plot marked with small white flags on a sunny summer day, one of four field plots for her reciprocal transplant field experiment. Credit: Brooke Catlett.

KBS graduate student awarded fellowship to continue research on common Michigan weeds

11.01.23

Robin Waterman, a W.K. Kellogg Biological Station graduate student in the Conner Lab, has been awarded a multi-year fellowship from the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Institute. The pre-doctoral fellowship, from the Institute's ... Read More

Close-up view of a California tiger salamander, one of the endangered species that might benefit from the use of genetic rescue. Credit: Adam Clause/UC Davis/Fws.gov

KBS research identifies underused strategy for recovering endangered species

11.01.23

During a recent review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plans for more than 200 endangered and threatened vertebrate species in the United States, Michigan State University researchers found that two-thirds of those species ... Read More

A side-by-side image of a wild radish’s stamen shows that, on the left, natural wild radishes have stamens of two easily discernible lengths. On the right, the difference in length is much less pronounced because of artificial selection.

New research: Natural selection can slow evolution, maintain similarities across generations

09.22.23

Natural selection is usually understood in the context of change. When organisms deviate from the norm, they may gain advantages that let their lineages outlast those of their less-adaptable relatives. But according to new research from ... Read More

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