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Data Nuggets Fellow Samson Stynen speaks to a room full of educators seated at round tables.

Science communication and data literacy: Reflections on my fellowship with Data Nuggets 

05.19.25

As a first-year graduate student moving from Reno, Nevada, I had some hesitation about whether I’d find connections in Michigan or at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. I never expected that one of my strongest connections would be with ... Read More

A single cow stands in the pasture at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Pasture Dairy Center.

KBS Pasture Dairy Center wraps up 15 years of innovation

03.28.25

Starting in 2009, the Pasture Dairy Center at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station pioneered automatic robotic milking combined with data-driven intensive rotational grazing methods for dairy cattle. After 15 years of innovation and ... Read More

Close-up photo of a zebra longwing butterfly, a brown butterfly with yellow stripes, perched on a green leaf.

A country without butterflies? New study raises the possibility

03.28.25

A sweeping new study published in the journal Science tallies, for the first time, butterfly data from more than 76,000 surveys across the continental United States. The results: From 2000 to 2020, the total butterfly abundance fell by 22% ... Read More

Portrait of Dr. Asia Dowtin, seated in a forested area with trees and shrubs in the background.

Thursday, April 10 | Dessert with Discussion featuring Dr. Asia Dowtin

03.05.25

Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, for a talk on stormwater reduction and how biodiversity can play a role. The basics About The presenter for the spring 2025 Dessert with ... Read More

Lindsey Kemmerling stands among tall plants with narrow green leaves, taking notes.

KBS alum nabs early-career award from entomological journal

02.27.25

Lindsey Kemmerling, who completed her Ph.D. studies at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in the Haddad Lab, is the recipient of a 2023 Royal Entomological Society Journal Award. Insect Conservation and Diversity, the awarding publication, ... Read More

David Pavlik poses in a greenhouse at John Ball Zoo with an informational placard on his research project with Poweshiek skipperlings.

Pavlik named finalist for Emerging Conservationist Award

11.22.24

David Pavlik, a research assistant in the Haddad Lab at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, has been named a finalist for a national award. The 2025 Emerging Conservationist Award recognizes early career efforts to save wildlife ... Read More

MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz speaks to the group from the inaugural Spartan Bus Tour, who are sitting on straw bales in the foreground, at the KBS Long-term Agroecosystem Research site.

Last but not least: Inaugural Spartan Bus Tour concludes with a visit to Kellogg Biological Station

10.30.24

Michigan State University’s first-ever Spartan Bus Tour kicked off on Monday, Oct. 21, for a three-day, whirlwind tour of MSU locations throughout Michigan’s western Lower Peninsula. The goal of the tour was to build community connections ... Read More

A field at the KBS Long-term Ecological Research site, dotted with open-top chambers, is part of a study exploring how plant communities respond to stress.

What’s bugging you? Long-term impacts of warming and insect herbivory on plant communities

10.29.24

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station was home to part of a multiyear ecology project examining the combined and discrete impacts of warming and leaf herbivory on plant communities.  The KBS Long-term Ecological Research site, or KBS ... Read More

Kadeem Gilbert poses next to a large carnivorous plant.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 | Dessert with Discussion featuring Dr. Kadeem Gilbert

08.23.24

Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept .25, for a talk on how plant leaves shape their external environments. The basics About The presenter for the fall 2024 Dessert with Discussion talk is ... Read More

Close-up view of a Monarch butterfly

Insecticides are key drivers of butterfly decline, research shows

07.31.24

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

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