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Alex Sills smiles at the camera, wearing a backpack with picked flowers tucked into the shoulder strap.

Working and learning through a KBS summer: Alex Sills

07.18.22

Alex Sills is the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s external communications intern for summer 2022. She is a senior at Michigan State University earning dual degrees in zoology (zoo and aquarium science) and environmental biology (zoology) ... Read More

Stephanie Kong stands holding one of the Sanctuary's resident Red-tailed hawks perched on her arm.

An internship at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary helped KBS alum’s career take flight

06.30.22

In 2010, undergraduate student Stephanie Kong, traveled far from her California hometown to spend a season at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary as a raptor and waterfowl care intern. She worked at the Sanctuary from January to April ... Read More

Genetic rescue to the rescue: Conservation and education in action

06.08.22

"Genetic rescue" is a term that might sound at home in a sci-fi fantasy novel to the unfamiliar. On the contrary, it’s a technique quite grounded in real-world science and is a management strategy that can be used to conserve ... Read More

A female Mallard stands with her duckling on the shore of Wintergreen Lake at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary.

Birds and Coffee chats bring together bird lovers in revamped format

02.23.22

Register for a free Birds and Coffee chat here. The W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary has long held Birds and Coffee events. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were known as Birds and Coffee Walks. Local birders would meet at the Sanctuary ... Read More

Emily Parker and another researcher stand in a field of ferns, examining a book and other materials.

A little taste of everything: Summer classes and field research at KBS

02.04.22

As a student in the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship program, or URA, at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, you get a little taste of everything. From research to classes to social events, there’s something here for ... Read More

Waterman at field site in 2019 with the smartweed, lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

Meet the KBS graduate students supporting outreach and science education

02.04.22

Meet the team that works together to create programs like the KBS K-12 Partnership, Exploring with Scientists and more! Our focus is to share science in meaningful ways with K-12 educators, students and families. Read on to meet Elizeth, ... Read More

A prairie strip containing flowering, native plants runs alongside a field planted with corn at the KBS Long-term Ecological Research program site.

Coffee, tacos and mothing: A day in the life of a URA

01.12.22

If you have ever doubted the strength of a cup of coffee, let me be the first to tell you just how practical it can be. An early morning jumpstart is all it takes to reinforce my excitement for work each day as a student researcher in the ... Read More

A mushroom grows in the grass at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

Having lots of fun-gi: A summer of mushrooms

12.23.21

It is rare to find a person who is willing to have an hourlong conversation about mushrooms with you. However, at KBS I easily found multiple people willing to do just that. When I showed up at KBS, I had no idea what to expect and was ... Read More

Bjorn Larson stands on a sand dune, looking out over Lake Michigan at Van Buren State Park

An introvert’s guide to a KBS summer research experience

12.13.21

When I was accepted as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates—REU—student for this summer, I was absolutely thrilled. For a while. Then, I was nervous. As an introvert, and someone who had just spent the past year-plus interacting with a ... Read More

Drawing combining butterflies and artillery shells. Credit to Atieh Sohrabi.

‘Of Bombs and Butterflies’ with Nick Haddad

12.09.21

The largest population of endangered St. Francis' Satyr butterflies lives in a seemingly inhospitable environment: wetlands in the middle of active artillery ranges at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.But as ecologist and KBS Long-term Ecological ... Read More

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