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
Evans receives honor of Red Cedar Distinguished Professorship title
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
Robertson, Sprunger elected 2024 fellows by the Ecological Society of America
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
KBS-based project funded by new program focused on climate resiliency in agriculture
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
KBS faculty member awarded Fulbright grant to continue research in conservation genomics
Sarah Fitzpatrick, associate professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Integrative Biology and resident W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member, has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for the 2024-25 ... Read More
KBS faculty, academic staff members recognized by MSU’s College of Natural Science
Two W.K. Kellogg Biological Station employees have garnered awards from Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science for excellence in their work and mentoring activities. Holly Vander Stel Holly Vander Stel is the lab manager ... Read More
KBS research identifies underused strategy for recovering endangered species
During a recent review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plans for more than 200 endangered and threatened vertebrate species in the United States, Michigan State University researchers found that two-thirds of those species ... Read More
New research: Natural selection can slow evolution, maintain similarities across generations
Natural selection is usually understood in the context of change. When organisms deviate from the norm, they may gain advantages that let their lineages outlast those of their less-adaptable relatives. But according to new research from ... Read More
Rescheduled to Tuesday, Oct. 24 | Fall Dessert with Discussion Talk
Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, for a talk on the concept of genetic rescue and how it’s being used to save imperiled species in Michigan and elsewhere. Note: This event has been rescheduled ... Read More
Don’t bank on seed banks: Study suggests they might not serve as grassland biodiversity reservoirs
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
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