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Educators observe a patch of wildflowers and take notes. Photo credit: Kurt Stepnitz

$2 million NSF grant furthers KBS science education, research efforts

08.27.19

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station has long been involved in offering professional development opportunities to held area educators to enhance their curricula with science-based, outdoor learning. Thanks to continued support from the ... Read More

Sarah Fitzpatrick stands, smiling, in front of a mountain range.

Fitzpatrick Lab’s research brings potential value of genetic rescue to the surface

08.21.19

How should we help conserve increasingly fragmented and shrinking groups of at-risk species? According to Sarah Fitzpatrick, evolutionary biologist at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, genetic rescue of wild populations should be in the ... Read More

Wide-angle view of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center plots. Photo credit: Kurt Stepnitz Photography

New study uncovers missing pieces in understanding rates of carbon storage in soil

08.06.19

Hickory Corners, Mich.—Minimizing soil disturbances and increasing additions of plant biomass to soil are well-known practices for increasing the carbon storage potential of soil, which is an important tool in stemming the rise of global ... Read More

A man in a tractor surveys a plot of industrial hemp.

MSU, KBS at the forefront of guiding Michigan farmers on industrial hemp

07.11.19

Hickory Corners, MI—The 2018 Farm Bill cleared the way for the large-scale growing of industrial hemp. While widespread production won't be possible until the 2020 growing season, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department ... Read More

newly emerged St. Francis' Satyr butterfly rests on a sedge.

New book chronicles researcher’s quest for the world’s rarest butterflies

06.18.19

Conservation biologist Nick Haddad didn't set out to study rare butterflies. His undergraduate studies didn't focus on butterflies at all. Yet the plight of the St. Francis' Satyr, a butterfly so scarce that it's found in artillery ranges ... Read More

Student Hansen with hornworm moth

An unexpected experience: a summer at KBS

05.08.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Beth Ann Hansen, is a biology major at Grinnell College. They wrote about their KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project working with the Wetzel ... Read More

Sun setting on Gull Lake

A mathematical summer: My experience at KBS

04.30.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Akshata Rudrapatna, a double major in Systems Biology and Origins Sciences at Case Western Reserve University wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for ... Read More

Exploring Gull Lake with a KBS kayak

Working as a team in the Klausmeier Lab

04.26.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Brian Lerch, is a junior at Case Western Reserve University and Biology and Mathematics major. He wrote about his KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ... Read More

Exploring the campus of KBS

Learning to step out of my comfort zone at KBS

04.23.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Selassie Ijelu, is a Forensic Chemistry major at the University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ... Read More

Two undergraduate researchers stand at the edge of a wheat field at the Kellogg Biological Station.

My time as a REU: Learning the research process

04.19.19

Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Audrey Hogenkamp, an Applied mathematics and biology dual major at Augustana College. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project ... Read More

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