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Group photo of the 2019 summer undergraduate research cohort.

No summer like a #KBSsummer: Apply for research experiences or register for summer courses

02.21.20

Update, March 24, 2020: We're sorry to announce that the summer 2020 REU program at KBS has been canceled. We will share any other updates on KBS summer programs as we receive them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Though it can be difficult to ... Read More

Portrait of KBS graduate student and researcher Corinn Rutkoski.

KBS’s Rutkoski selected for national leadership award focused on public policy

02.19.20

A member of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station research community is headed to Washington D.C. this spring to share her thoughts on science policy. Corinn Rutkoski, a graduate student in the Evans Lab, has been selected to receive a ... Read More

Adam Ingrao, wearing a white beekeeping suit, holds a frame from a honey bee hive.

Veterans’ beekeeping program topic of upcoming Dessert with Discussion talk

02.17.20

This event has been rescheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, you can participate via live webinar by registering here: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m94zzGVcRJu3MD-CatHJkg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What do ... Read More

Portrait of Dr. Phil Robertson wearing a tan baseball cap and red jacket.

KBS researcher again named to Highly Cited Researchers List

01.21.20

G. Philip Robertson, University Distinguished Professor of Ecosystem Science at Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, has been recognized as a highly cited researcher for the second consecutive year. The ... Read More

Four guppies swim against a white background.

Genetic rescue warrants consideration as a conservation measure for some populations

01.10.20

A primary concern of assisted gene flow—introducing individuals from a different geographical location to a small fragmented group of the same species to encourage genetic rescue—is disruption of local adaptation. A new study, published in ... Read More

Close-up photo of a Bartram’s scrub-hairstreak butterfly.

Shelter from the storm: Increasing resiliency of rare species in hurricane-prone areas

12.27.19

What happens when a major hurricane careens through a rare, fragmented ecosystem? North Carolina State University researcher Erica Henry and others, including W.K. Kellogg Biological Station ecologist Nick Haddad, found themselves in a ... Read More

Study coauthor Selassie Ijelu stands in a switchgrass field, holding a trap to measure pest suppression.

Perennial biofuels show promise in meeting energy needs, supporting crucial ecological functions

12.27.19

When we think of biofuel crops, a sprawling field of corn is often what we imagine. Though corn (Zea mays) is the most commonly planted biofuel in the United States, its climate mitigation potential is diminished by the need to till, ... Read More

A dew-covered spiderweb stretches between two stalks of spent flower blooms.

Fog, dew, often-overlooked drivers of decomposition, microbial respiration

12.26.19

It’s a familiar scene: A rainfall sweeps across the landscape and soaks the ground. Standing stalks that once supported flowers or fruit droop under the added weight. Less obvious is the microbial response when things get wet, which results ... Read More

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New book club shines a light on environmental literature

12.20.19

Members of the Richland-area community have a new way to combine a love of nature and reading. The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station has partnered with Richland Community Library to form the EcoReads Book Club, with the first event slated for ... Read More

A guppy lies on a dry surface near a ruler, notes and a color key.

New study examines effects of gene flow on individuals, populations, ecosystems

12.10.19

The results of a 2019 study, recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, offer some understanding of the long-term effects of genetic rescue in favorable environmental conditions. The study, led by KBS researchers ... Read More

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