Elena Litchman, resident faculty at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and Michigan State University Research Foundation Distinguished Professor, has been named a 2025 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or ... Read More
New study explores the science of thriving in unpredictable and extreme weather conditions
From deadly heat waves to unprecedented flooding, devastating wildfires to record-breaking droughts, extreme weather is becoming the new normal. As these events become more frequent and widespread, some denizens of our oceans, forests, ... Read More
KBS welcomes Jennifer Blesh as resident faculty member
Jennifer Blesh, an internationally recognized agroecologist, has joined Michigan State University as a resident faculty member at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Blesh will hold appointments in MSU's Department of Plant, Soil and ... Read More
MSU researcher examines impact of management practices on Michigan farms with large team from KBS and beyond
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
Some species are thriving while adapting behaviors to a changing climate, though the long-term trend is still unclear
Fred Janzen knows a thing or two about the habits of turtles. In the late 1980s, when he first started monitoring painted turtles that nest along the flat, grassy banks of the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois, females started ... 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
Full circle: Bryan Foster named as new KBS director
After a competitive national search, Michigan State University has selected Bryan L. Foster, Ph.D., as the next director of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Foster, a two-time MSU alumnus and accomplished field ecologist, began his ... Read More
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