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A Trumpeter Swan floats in Wintergreen Lake with cygnets.

Zoom in to your video meetings in style with KBS-themed backgrounds

04.29.20

Do you miss the sights of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station? You're not alone. If you work or study in the Academic/Stack buildings, conduct research in the fields of Kellogg Farm, volunteer at the Manor House, enjoy delicious meals at ... Read More

Stephanie Clark examines plants in an agricultural field.

KBS researchers earn coveted NSF fellowships, honorable mention

04.11.20

Five Michigan State University W.K. Kellogg Biological Station graduate students have been recognized through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program, or GRFP. Stephanie Clark, Corinn Rutkoski, Moriah Young ... Read More

Portrait of KBS graduate student and researcher Corinn Rutkoski.

KBS’s Rutkoski selected for national leadership award focused on public policy

02.19.20

A member of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station research community is headed to Washington D.C. this spring to share her thoughts on science policy. Corinn Rutkoski, a graduate student in the Evans Lab, has been selected to receive a ... Read More

Study coauthor Selassie Ijelu stands in a switchgrass field, holding a trap to measure pest suppression.

Perennial biofuels show promise in meeting energy needs, supporting crucial ecological functions

12.27.19

When we think of biofuel crops, a sprawling field of corn is often what we imagine. Though corn (Zea mays) is the most commonly planted biofuel in the United States, its climate mitigation potential is diminished by the need to till, ... Read More

Red bowls filled with grains sit on a wooden table.

Join the KBS community for a celebration of art and science

10.21.19

What happens when one combines science and art? Scientists and other members of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community have spent the past several months exploring this question, and are gathering next month to showcase and celebrate ... Read More

Up-close photo of native grasses.

New study suggests grasslands are resilient in the face of climate change – to a point

09.13.19

Dr. Katherine Gross, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station plant ecologist, co-authored a recently published paper that looks at how human activities are affecting grassland species. Gross and her colleagues analyzed 105 grassland experiments ... Read More

On data and reverie: A farmer and writer-in-residence at the KBS LTER

06.07.19

A blooming redbud tree flashed a profusion of pink outside the large windows in the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s Terrace Room. Inside, vases of freshly-picked plants spiffed up the small tables set around the room: milkweed, wood ... Read More

Nick Haddad shares his search for the rarest butterflies and the future of butterfly conservation

02.26.19

As KBS was looking for someone to lead its Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) projects, Nick Haddad saw it as a perfect opportunity to continue the research that has defined his career. Haddad arrived at KBS in 2017 and on March 25th will ... Read More

KBS REU Emily Lindback taking albedo measurements over native grasses, photo taken by drone.

SLAM: Scientists Love Acronyms, Man

02.21.19

KBS 2018 undergraduate summer researcher Emily Lindback is a junior at Franklin and Marshall College. She wrote about her Research Experiences for Undergraduates project working with mentor and LTER researcher ... Read More

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Robertson named among most highly cited in global list

11.30.18

G. Philip Robertson, KBS faculty member and University Distinguished Professor of Ecosystem Science in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, has been named in the annual Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited ... Read More

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