Michigan farmers are teaming up with Michigan State University researcher Christine Sprunger and the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station to explore how land management practices impact soil health. Sprunger, associate professor of soil ... Read More
Traveling overseas for a conference, KBS grad student finds a ‘small world’
During my winter break last month, I was able to attend the British Ecology Society Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was my first science conference and first scientific poster presentation, and it was only possible due to multiple ... Read More
KBS trio earns award for outstanding research paper
The Ecological Society of America, or ESA, singled out three W.K. Kellogg Biological Station researchers with their 2025 Outstanding Ecological Theory Paper award. Lead author Jonas Wickman, a postdoctoral research associate and co-authors ... Read More
Excellence, recognized: Accolades abound for KBS faculty, staff and students
Over the past fiscal year, the outstanding work of W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty, staff and students has been highlighted with a variety of university, regional, and national awards. Awards from July 2024 to June 2025 Sierra ... Read More
Extending our reach: Impacts of KBS programs felt on farms, in K-12 classrooms
The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s goals of research, education and outreach challenge us to move our studies of ecology and sustainable agriculture outside the borders of the labs and fields of KBS. This year, KBS research reached the ... Read More
Basso honored with prestigious Soil Science Research Award
A Michigan State University researcher has received the Soil Science Research Award from the Soil Science Society of America — SSSA — one of the highest honors for advancing scientific knowledge in the field. Bruno Basso, a ... Read More
Nick Haddad receives a 2025-26 Outstanding Faculty Award
Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science has announced the 2025-26 recipients of their Outstanding Faculty Award. Nick Haddad, a professor in MSU’s Department of Integrative Biology and a resident faculty member at the W.K. ... Read More
Farming meets solar power in new MSU project; lab to be based at KBS
Michigan State University scientists plan to build a first-of-its-kind outdoor lab to study how solar panels placed alongside crops could save water, improve soil health and support ecosystems, all while boosting farmers’ bottom line and ... Read More
Recent paper from KBS graduate students, undergrads, faculty, examines the lives of wild radish-visiting pollinators in slow-mo
A paper that used slow-motion videos of pollinators to study why wild radish flowers have four long plus two short pollen-producing stamens, was published in September 2025 in the journal Royal Society Open Science. The paper, titled ... Read More
MSU, KBS team develops scalable climate solutions for agricultural carbon markets
Recent research from Michigan State University, led by W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member and agricultural systems scientist Bruno Basso, addresses a major problem in agricultural carbon markets: how to set an accurate starting ... Read More
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