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Still frame from one of the slow-motion videos showing a metallic green sweat bee feeding on a wild radish flower’s long stamen anther. Photo credit: Nicholas Bhandari

Recent paper from KBS graduate students, undergrads, faculty, examines the lives of wild radish-visiting pollinators in slow-mo

10.05.25

A paper that used slow-motion videos of pollinators to study why wild radish flowers have four long plus two short pollen-producing stamens, was published in September 2025 in the journal Royal Society Open Science. The paper, titled ... Read More

Open top chambers sit beneath rainout shelters in a field at Kellogg Biological Station LTER.

A lack of attention to warming winters can paint an incomplete picture of how plants respond to climate change

08.27.25

Scientists may be underestimating how plants will respond to rising global temperatures when they study hot summers but not warming winters, Michigan State University ecologists found.  An MSU team synthesized data from 126 simulated ... Read More

Participants in a past Field Botany course stand in a prairie with yellow flowers in the foreground.

Wednesday, July 30 | Field Botany Course Begins

07.22.25

How often do you notice a plant in your backyard or along a road, trail or stream, and wonder what it is? Take the guesswork out of identifying plants and broaden your knowledge of plant distribution by joining the W.K. Kellogg Bird ... Read More

Close-up photo of several colors of dyed yarn laid on a tabletop.

Saturday, March 9 | Natural Plant Dye Workshop

02.22.24

This workshop has been canceled due to low enrollment. See the plants around you in a new light as you learn about the art of creating natures dyes from native plants. The basics About A Natural Plant Dye workshop is set for ... Read More

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