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Close-up photo of a zebra longwing butterfly, a brown butterfly with yellow stripes, perched on a green leaf.

A country without butterflies? New study raises the possibility

03.28.25

A sweeping new study published in the journal Science tallies, for the first time, butterfly data from more than 76,000 surveys across the continental United States. The results: From 2000 to 2020, the total butterfly abundance fell by 22% ... Read More

KBS MSU Extension's Christine Charles speaks to attendees at the 2024 KBS Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Field Day in September.

Sharing our science: The broader impacts of research help connect KBS with our communities

12.18.24

KBS has always been committed to creating spaces for education and outreach to the wider community. Much of the research and community engagement work at KBS is funded by the National Science Foundation, which places a strong emphasis ... Read More

David Pavlik poses in a greenhouse at John Ball Zoo with an informational placard on his research project with Poweshiek skipperlings.

Pavlik named finalist for Emerging Conservationist Award

11.22.24

David Pavlik, a research assistant in the Haddad Lab at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, has been named a finalist for a national award. The 2025 Emerging Conservationist Award recognizes early career efforts to save wildlife ... Read More

Composite photo of Allyson Hutchens (left) and Holly Vander Stel (left).

Supporting KBS science: Two lab managers receive awards from MSU’s College of Natural Science

11.01.24

Two KBS lab managers have been recognized with MSU College of Natural Science Support Staff Awards over the past year. Holly Vander Stel (right), who works in the Evans Lab, received a 2023-24 award. Allyson Hutchens (left), who works ... Read More

A field at the KBS Long-term Ecological Research site, dotted with open-top chambers, is part of a study exploring how plant communities respond to stress.

What’s bugging you? Long-term impacts of warming and insect herbivory on plant communities

10.29.24

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station was home to part of a multiyear ecology project examining the combined and discrete impacts of warming and leaf herbivory on plant communities.  The KBS Long-term Ecological Research site, or KBS ... Read More

Close-up view of a Monarch butterfly

Insecticides are key drivers of butterfly decline, research shows

07.31.24

Insecticide use is the single largest factor contributing to a decline in total butterfly abundance and species diversity in the Midwest, according to a newly released study published by the journal PLOS ONE. The author team was led by ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Sarah Evans.

Evans receives honor of Red Cedar Distinguished Professorship title

07.30.24

Sarah Evans, a resident faculty member at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and associate professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Integrative Biology, has been named a Red Cedar Distinguished Professor by MSU. Evans will ... Read More

Head shot photo of Veronica Frans.

Human impact often omitted from models used in conservation, diminishing their effectiveness

07.01.24

Sustainability scholars at Michigan State University in this week’s journal Nature Ecology and Evolution revealed the decades-long gaps in research and propose a new way of creating accurate visions for endangered species. To ... Read More

Autumn view of the Academic Building at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

Robertson, Sprunger elected 2024 fellows by the Ecological Society of America

05.17.24

Two W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty members have been named 2024 fellows by the Ecological Society of America, or ESA. G. Philip Robertson and Christine D. Sprunger were named as two of ESA’s 2024 cohort of 19 fellows and ... Read More

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

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