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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

Kevin Kahmark points to a diagram on a sheet of paper with another person looking on, while standing in a field at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

GLBRC’s first-ever mentoring award recognizes work of KBS research assistant

06.04.24

Kevin Kahmark, a W.K. Kellogg Biological Station research assistant, has received the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center’s first mentorship award. The new award honors GLBRC members who prioritize the spirit of mentorship and who ... Read More

Saturday, June 15 | KBS BioBlitz at the Bird Sanctuary

05.13.24

Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station on Saturday, June 15, to kick off the second annual KBS BioBlitz at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. KBS naturalists and local scientists will be on hand to explore and document the diversity of ... Read More

A prairie strip runs through a reduced-input plot at the KBS Long-term Ecological Research program site.

KBS-based project funded by new program focused on climate resiliency in agriculture

04.30.24

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

An older juvenile northern map turtle rests on a log. Credit to James Harding.

Ten years, 45 miles: The journey of the Kalamazoo River’s map turtles

04.01.24

The 2010 oil spill in Talmadge Creek, a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, was one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S. history. The spill from the Enbridge pipeline spoiled the local habitat for countless species, including northern map ... Read More

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