One of our most urgent challenges is squaring the need to produce enough food for a global population with addressing the loss of biodiversity that results from converting land for agricultural use. But recent findings from W.K. Kellogg ... Read More
Wide-ranging study explores ‘evolution’s solutions to growing old’
The most comprehensive study of aging and longevity to date showed that turtles, salamanders and crocodilians (an order that includes crocodiles, alligators and caimans) have particularly slow aging rates and extended lifespans for their ... Read More
Integrated approach to land management unexpectedly boosts U.S. climate mitigation capacity
Nature-based climate solutions like storing carbon in trees and soil are key climate change mitigation strategies, as is bioenergy coupled with geologic carbon storage. A new study from KBS faculty member and Michigan State University ... Read More
Conner among small cohort of 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award honorees
Jeffrey K. Conner, professor of plant biology in Michigan State University's College of Natural Science, resident faculty researcher at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, and former interim director at KBS, has been honored with a 2022 ... Read More
Genetic rescue to the rescue: Conservation and education in action
"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
KBS microbial ecologist joins prestigious cohort of sustainability scientists
Sarah Evans, Michigan State University microbial ecologist and resident faculty at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, is one of 22 leading sustainability scientists named to the 2022 North American cohort of the Earth Leadership Program, or ... Read More
New faculty member brings expertise, research opportunities in life-history evolution
The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community is excited to welcome Dr. Anne M. Bronikowski to Michigan State University. Bronikowski is an evolutionary biologist who has joined MSU's Department of Integrative Biology as a professor and ... Read More
KBS researchers show that bacteria don’t need to be alive to spread antibiotic resistance in soil
Recent research from W.K. Kellogg Biological Station scientists showed that dead bacteria can spread antibiotic resistance in soil after their demise, through a process called horizontal gene transfer. The paper, published in the journal ... Read More
New faculty member to continue a long tradition of aquatic research at KBS
The legacy of critical research in aquatic ecology is well-poised to continue for years to come at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. The KBS community is excited to welcome Dr. Alisha A. Shah to Michigan State University and to ... Read More
Basso adds prominent board appointment to recent honors
Bruno Basso, Michigan State University foundation professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Natural Science and a W. K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member, has been appointed a member of the ... Read More
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