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Home | biodiversity
Portrait of Dr. Asia Dowtin, seated in a forested area with trees and shrubs in the background.

Thursday, April 10 | Dessert with Discussion featuring Dr. Asia Dowtin

03.05.25

Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, for a talk on stormwater reduction and how biodiversity can play a role. The basics About The presenter for the spring 2025 Dessert with ... 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

Saturday, June 15 | KBS BioBlitz at the Bird Sanctuary

05.13.24

Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station on Saturday, June 15, to kick off the second annual KBS BioBlitz at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. KBS naturalists and local scientists will be on hand to explore and document the diversity of ... Read More

One seedbank plot with germinating seeds growing from the Cedar Creek, Minn. site. Credit to Katie Schroeder.

Don’t bank on seed banks: Study suggests they might not serve as grassland biodiversity reservoirs

08.16.23

As biodiversity loss wreaks havoc on grasslands worldwide, many have hoped that soil seed banks, or seeds stored in the soil waiting to sprout, would act as a biodiversity reservoir, preserving species that are disappearing ... Read More

Three people stand on a trail through a wooded area, jotting notes in notebooks.

Saturday, June 17 | BioBlitz at the Bird Sanctuary

05.16.23

Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station on Saturday, June 17, to kick off the first-ever BioBlitz at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary! KBS naturalists and local scientists will be on hand to explore and document the diversity of life, or ... Read More

Yellow and white microbes grow in a petri dish.

Wednesday, Oct. 13 | Secrets of Biodiversity course begins

09.24.21

What makes something a frog, and why does it look and live differently than a bird? All life is related to each other in some way, but living things vary in myriad ways. Explore this variety of life with W.K. Kellogg Biological Station ... Read More

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